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• Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Courage, Money

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1978). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1854-1861”, p.332, Harvard University Press

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• It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Theory

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL - Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future: The Critique of the Traditional Morality and the Philosophy of the Past”, p.13, e-artnow

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• I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.

  Jeremy Irons

  Character, Technique, Knows

  "Oscar, Tony, and Emmy Award-Winning Actor". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.

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• Charm" — which means the power to effect work without employing brute force — is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

  Havelock Ellis

  Mean, Men, Force

  Havelock Ellis (1912). “The Task of Social Hygiene”

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• There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough.

  Josh Billings

  Quality, Ugly, Enough

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• It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for me, because he was so well-loved and he had this very open charm that made people feel they had a personal relationship with him.

  Kate Beckinsale

  Thinking, People, Parent

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• I think that turning on the charm without being fake is really important.

  Miley Cyrus

  Thinking, Fake, Important

  "Backstage with Miley (Part 2)". Interview with Audrey Fine, www.seventeen.com. January 27, 2008.

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• Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.

  Seneca the Younger

  Love, Learning, Knowledge

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• As for theatre, there's ups and downs to everything. Theatre is ephemeral. But that is part of its charm because you can always say the production was better than it was.

  Clive Barker

  Theatre, Ephemeral, Ups & Downs

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• A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Beautiful, Mean, Hands

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• A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Sight, Voice, Lovely

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• She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beautiful, America, Secret

  Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.27, Wordsworth Editions

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• The one charm of the past is that it is the past.

  Oscar Wilde

  Past, Past Present Future, Forget The Past

  Oscar Wilde, Moira Muldoon (2005). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• Some civilized women would lose half their charm without dress and some would lose all of it.

  Mark Twain

  Dresses, Half, Civilized

  Mark Twain (2008). “Mark Twain's Speeches: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.77, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

  Mark Twain

  Distance, California, Giving

  Mark Twain (2016). “Roughing It”, p.297, Xist Publishing

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• It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power.

  Blaise Pascal

  Deception, Novelty, Deceiving

  Blaise Pascal (1829). “Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects”, p.80

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• Let me tell you how the French seduce you. They are the most bloody seductive people on Earth. They are charming, they are well-mannered and they praise and flatter you.

  Anita Roddick

  People, Seductive, Earth

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• Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators.

  Loretta Young

  Self, Absorption, Selfishness

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• She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Heart, Lovely, Tears

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• Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

  Nicolas Berggruen

  Brunch, Boring

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• Charisma is a fancy name given to the knack of giving people your full attention.

  Robert Breault

  Names, People, Giving

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• The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Heart, Silence, Broken Promises

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2014). “Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell”, p.73, The Floating Press

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• All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

  Oscar Wilde

  Selfish, People, Secret

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde”, p.40, Courier Corporation

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• Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

  Walter Scott

  Faces, Charmed

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• Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

  Thomas Gray

  Smile, Youth, Reason

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