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"What is beauty, anyway? It's more than something pleasant looking. If it doesn't stop us in our trac..." — Alan Alda

What is beauty, anyway? It's more than something pleasant looking. If it doesn't stop us in our tracks and make us unable to move for a moment, unable to put into words what's closing off the breath in our throats, then maybe it's pretty, but it probably isn't beauty.
Alan Alda
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