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From: SummersEchos
Date: 09-12-2005, 09:37 PM (1 of 12)
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Here's this weeks question. What is more important to you, your appearance or your intelligence? Summer
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 09-12-2005, 10:28 PM (2 of 12)
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My intelligence....outwardly I look like I don't care about clothes and thats true...but I do care about how much I learn every day.... (I dress up once a year, Christmas Eve, wear makeup, good clothes and I go around scaring all the neighbors..cause they think I don't know what makeup is...or that I have clothes other than t-shirts, jeans and zori's (flip-flops)  
Chrys
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From: DragonLady
Date: 09-13-2005, 01:56 AM (3 of 12)
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LOL, Chrysantha, I know just what you mean! I have a closetfull of beautiful clothes. I could outfit the Queen if needed...but almost never wear anything but jeans and t-shirt. On the rare occasion I do dress up, no one believes it's me....  I have to say I would trade looks for intelligence anyday. 
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User: DragonLady
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From: bridesmom
Date: 09-13-2005, 04:22 AM (4 of 12)
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Intelligence, though honestly there was a time when it was definitely more important to look good. Must come with maturity. I still slap some makeup on when I go out, and try to look half way decent but definitely the intelligence wins out.
Laura
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From: DorothyL
Date: 09-13-2005, 07:48 AM (5 of 12)
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Wow -- another it depends on what you mean question. Do you mean for myself or what I look for in other people? In other people I try not to judge by either. Intelligence is more important, of course, But after 20 years dealing professionally with politicians, business people, administrators, academics, scientists, military people and just plain folks I learned that intelligence can be as skin deep as beauty. One of my mottos is: "I used to think I had average intelligence but after 20 years on this job I realize I'm %&*@ING brilliant." (excuse my language) There are a lot of very intelligent people out there that have no common sense. And most people aren't nearly as smart as they think they are. As for beauty -- I don't have a lot of the natural kind. If you take me out of my clothes I'm just another fat aging woman. Actually I was no raving beauty when I was younger either. But I do tend to dress well. That is mostly because I make my own clothes and I like to make nice, unusual clothes. Just pants and a t-shirt tends to be boring -- in the sewing room as well as a wardrobe choice. I'm of the same generation that grew up and spent a lifetime in jeans and a t-shirt but I do believe what you wear shows what you think of yourself and what you want others to think of you. I think I am bright and creative and therefore should stand out a bit from the crowd. So I dress that way. And I wear makeup if I'm going out or if my husband is home all day. (After 26 years of marriage I still try to look my best for him -- after 10 a.m.) I loved it when, in the middle of an interview, the mayor of a neighboring city (a large woman herself) asked me where I shop because she can never find anything interesting in her size. She was very impressed that I make all my own clothes -- even many of my many, many purses. So, to tell you the truth, while both beauty and intelligence are important on a secondary level the virtues I value in others and try hardest to cultivate in myself are honesty, kindness and integrity. And it seems those qualities can be found in beautiful, intelligent, homely and dumb people alike. Dorothy |
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 09-13-2005, 08:39 AM (6 of 12)
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I want to be known for my intelligence. I am not much of a makeup person, never have been. Maybe a little eye makeup but that was it. I was never very good at getting my hair to do what I wanted it to do. I dress neatly and cleanly. Summer
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User: SummersEchos
Member since: 09-29-2004 Total posts: 884 |
From: MaryW
Date: 09-13-2005, 09:36 AM (7 of 12)
I would want to be known for my intelligence. 
MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: Magot
Date: 09-13-2005, 12:17 PM (8 of 12)
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What can I say, I am gorgeous and fabulously intelligent. I need to look good for me and so make the best of what I have got... I enjoy the benefits of a quick mind but my compassion is not limited to how clever someone is...going through life I am tending to go with common sense and a sense of humour being the more important things. Having worked with kids who are less endowed than others, the saddest thing is when they realise that they are never going to make it in the intelligence stakes and find that hard to bear. At this stage in the education system they haven't worked out that honesty and integrity are such valuable commodities. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 09-13-2005, 02:53 PM (9 of 12)
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Jan -- I don't know about over there, but here honesty and integrity are not particularly valued by the culture as a whole. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Magot
Date: 09-13-2005, 03:06 PM (10 of 12)
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not even by employers? They are valued by me that's for sure. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 09-14-2005, 06:24 PM (11 of 12)
They are surely prized here where I am ! ! ! By majority of people , anyway.. 
Sew With Love
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From: Sancin
Date: 09-15-2005, 05:02 PM (12 of 12)
I am thankful I have the intelligence to learn and that it has grown through time and life experiences, especially as my grandmother and my mother had dementia. I have ALWAYS loved learning and appreciate that desire in others. I am excited by and like to learn complex concepts.  I intensely dislike narrow minded people who demonstrate no ability or desire to see other perspectives - unfortunately that trait is found in intelligent and people who are slow learners and it compounded by language they chose to use.  I try to keep my appearance tidy and clean. I am sometimes a little funky. I consider appearance, language, and artistic choices as asethetic choices. 
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895 
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