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appeal for

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Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door. Marlo Thomas

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me. Alison Bechdel

Final-offer arbitration should have great appeal for the daring (the risk seekers) who play against the timid (the risk avoiders). Howard Raiffa

I think my biggest appeal for fans is probably the fact that I'm honest. I'm up front about who I am. I'm a little naughty. I have a naughty side and everybody knows that. But I know when to use that and when not to. John Barrowman

For me the Koenigsberg longshoremen had beauty; the Polish jimkes on their grain ships had beauty; the broad freedom of movement in the gestures of the common people had beauty. Middle-class people held no appeal for me at all. Bourgeois life on the whole seemed to me pedantic. Käthe Kollwitz

We want a common law for Africa, a general Declaration of Rights, of certain elementary rights, and we want a common authority to which the black man and the native tribe may appeal for justice. H. G. Wells

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