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• But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.

  Allen Tate

  Age, Glitter, Weak

  allen tate (1953). “the man of letters in the modern world”

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• After 16 months of teaching, consulting, fellowship, and special project activities on matters ranging from conservation to healthcare to international trade, Gov. Ventura appointed me to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

  David Minge

  Teaching, Special, Minnesota

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• Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.

  Helen Rowland

  Nature, Memorable, Men

  Helen Rowland (2017). “A Guide to Men: Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”, p.30, Litres

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• If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal

  Brad Paisley

  Water, Causes, Mass

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in some ways, have the same appeal, I suppose.

  Jeffrey Jones

  Thinking, Doctors, Connections

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• I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

  Alison Bechdel

  Catholic, Confession, Raised

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• There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a yeti.

  Edmund Hillary

  Civilization, Yeti, Littles

  Edmund Hillary, Edmund Hillary (Sir.), Desmond Doig (1962). “High in the thin cold air: the story of the Himalayan Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia”

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• I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.

  Sandra Bernhard

  Gay, Trying, Disenfranchised

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• Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera.

  Lindsey Buckingham

  Interesting, Musical, Soap

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• What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.

  Erich Fromm

  Sex, Mean, People

  Erich Fromm (2000). “The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition”, p.2, A&C Black

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• A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.

  Christopher Lasch

  Children, Lying, Desire

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• A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away.

  Dennis Miller

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.

  James K. Polk

  Minorities, Shields, Constitution

  Inaugural Address, avalon.law.yale.edu. March 04, 1845.

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• Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

  Marlo Thomas

  Doors, Paper, Fame

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• I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers.

  George Armstrong Custer

  War, Soldier, Enemy

  "The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indian". Book by Ralph K. Andrist (p. 258), 2001.

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• Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.

  Claude Debussy

  Philosophy, Medicine, Effort

  "French Music: From the Death of Berlioz to the Death of Fauré". Book by Martin Cooper (p. 136), 1951; later quoted in "Debussy and Wagner", book by Robin Holloway (p. 207), 1979.

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• Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Birthday, Age, Needs

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook C 33, 1799.

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• To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous instead of a compulsory routine is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.

  Robert H. Jackson

  Believe, Patriotic, Political

  West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette (1943)

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• I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - you write backward Es!

  Hilary Putnam

  Writing, Thinking, Mathematical Logic

  "What Philosophers Think" by Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom, (p. 233), 2005.

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• Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men.

  Erich von Stroheim

  Sex, Real, Heart

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• My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women.

  Brenda Holloway

  Sex, Costumes, Made

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• I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way.

  Omar Sharif

  Sex, Seductive, Way

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Im busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesnt appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else.

  Steve Albini

  Jobs, Busy, Delusion

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• The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.

  Ryan Phillippe

  Ideas, Doing Me, Thousand

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• I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.

  Gustav Heinemann

  Responsibility, Race, Arms

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