We live in a quick-fix society where we need instant gratification for everything. Too fat? Get lipo-sucked. Stringy hair? Glue on extensions. Wrinkles and lines? Head to the beauty shop for a pot of the latest miracle skin stuff. It's all a beautiful £1 billion con foisted upon insecure women by canny cosmetic conglomerates.
Interpretation
This quote critiques society's obsession with quick solutions for beauty and self-esteem issues.
Joan Collins highlights the pervasive cultural tendency to seek immediate fixes for personal insecurities, particularly in regard to beauty standards imposed on women. She points out that the cosmetic industry capitalizes on these insecurities, promoting products and procedures that promise instant improvements, which can often lead to a false sense of fulfillment and a cycle of dependency on superficial enhancements.
In practice
In a discussion about consumerism and beauty standards.
What makes a lot of sense is that, while people are incarcerated, give them the tools they need to be able to have a productive, lucrative living when they leave so they can provide for their families and break that cycle of recidivism.
Weapons of war have no place on our streets.
Times change; Hollywood is not the same as it was when I first entered the business. It felt to me like it was starting to narrow down and centralize itself around what would... make money.
With a tear for the dark past, turn we then to the dazzling future, and, veiling our eyes, press forward. The long and weary winter of the race is ended. Its summer has begun. Humanity has burst the chrysalis. The heavens are before it.
The passage of time has not altered the capacity of the Redeemer to change lives.
Do not let anything from your past inhibit you in this Present Moment. Start over. Start Fresh. Each day. Each hour, if it serves you. Heck, each minute. Just get going. Just do it. Just say it. With love. All else will take care of itself.
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