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If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
H. L. Mencken
Me
You
Remember
Thought
Girl
Please
Ghost
Eye
Some
Wink
Remember Me
Sinner
Depart
Forgive
After
Your
Homely
Ever
I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat.
Lily Tomlin
Funny
Time
You
Women
Comedy
Old
Threat
Maid
Had
Powerful
Stereotype
Supposed
Attractive
Because
Were
Up
Very
Overweight
Grew
Old Maid
Really
Homely
Play
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
Austin O'Malley
Friendship
Me
You
Old
Case
Faces
Shall
Genuine
Show
Homely
Platonic
Two
It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
Enya
Cold
Castle
Huge
Very
Want
Place
Homely
I can't make a house homely. My house just looks like a garage or a shed. I'm not untidy, but it just looks so uninviting.
James May
Like
House
Looks
Make
Shed
Just
Garage
Homely
Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
Kin Hubbard
Penalties
Pretty
About
Above
Only
Talked
Getting
Suspicion
Being
While
Being Pretty
Homely
Compensation
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. If everyday experience hasn't convinced you of this, there's research that will.
Martha Beck
You
Experience
Better
Will
Situation
Research
Every
Society
Everyday
Virtually
Trial
Dating
Individuals
Good-Looking
Than
Jury
Social
Convinced
Homely
Treated
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
Minna Antrim
Women
Face
Aided
Figure
Many
Homely
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Best
Words
Remember
Wish
Clever
Young
Our
Definitions
Would
Poetry
Poets
Prose
Order
Homely
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