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Every European
visitor to the United States is struck by the comparative
rarity of what he would call a face, by the frequency of men
and women who look like elderly babies. If he stays in the
States for any length of time, he will learn that this
cannot be put down to a lack of sensibility -- the American
feels the joys and sufferings of human life as keenly as
anybody else. The only plausible explanation I can find lies
in his different attitude to the past. To have a face, in
the European sense of the word, it would seem that one must
not only enjoy and suffer but also desire to preserve the
memory of even the most humiliating and unpleasant
experiences of the past.
-- W. H. Auden
1907-1973, Anglo-American
Poet
My face looks
like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
-- W. H. Auden
1907-1973, Anglo-American
Poet
I think your
whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of
that.
-- Lauren Bacall
1924-, American Actress
Time engraves
our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
-- Natalie Clifford Barney
1876-1972, American-born
French Author
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I have eyes
like those of a dead pig.
-- Marlon Brando
1924-, American Actor,
Director
People remain
what they are even if their faces fall apart.
-- Bertolt Brecht
1898-1956, German Dramatist,
Poet
It is the
common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces,
there should be none alike.
-- Sir Thomas Browne
1605-1682, British Author,
Physician,, Philosopher
It has been
said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a
visa, and it runs out fast.
-- Julie Burchill
British Journalist, Writer
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