The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have … - Julie Burchill

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The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P. M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State.

Julie Burchill

The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens, 20s and 30s and then lose it; most of us have it not at all. And that's perfectly okay. But lying to yourself that you have it when you don't seems to me simple-minded at best and psychotic at worst.

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