This Side of Heaven

This is it

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I practiced making up and thickly covered my face with greasepaint that took hours to apply in imitation of what I took to be the prevailing theatrical mode. Nowadays I don’t wear any [make up] at all. In truth, I find myself embarrassed in the company of most actors and actresses who do. Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one’s own past failings. “Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one’s own past failings.”

I practiced making up and thickly covered my face with greasepaint that took hours to apply in imitation of what I took to be the prevailing theatrical mode. Nowadays I don’t wear any [make up] at all. In truth, I find myself embarrassed in the company of most actors and actresses who do. Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one’s own past failings.

“Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one’s own past failings.”

(Source: elleryqueen, via flutie)

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    I think this is one of the reasons Grant aged so well. That make up was really bad for your skin. By letting us see his...
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