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\u201cTears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death\u2019s perfect punctuation mark is a smile.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt has been said…that a pretty face is a passport. But it\u2019s not \u2013 it\u2019s a visa, and it runs out fast.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Julie Burchill<\/strong>, English author & columnist<\/p>\n

\u201cKiss and Sell\u201d (1988) Mail on Sunday<\/em> column; reprint in Sex and <\/em>Sensibility, <\/em>London: Grafton, 1992, p. 55<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1449531592148-05fdd3db-5676094f-cf635381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Re-quote notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Burchill also reused a version of the quote in a 2011 column for The Independent<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it\u2019s not \u2013 it\u2019s a visa, and it runs out.<\/span> It can even, if the Israelis are to be believed (and I ALWAYS believe the Israelis), be a burden, as good-looking women who add a photograph to their CVs are less likely to be interviewed than their plainer competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: Julie Burchill, \u201cJulie Burchill: Supermodel to super-role-model: what women can learn from Cindy Crawford\u201d (20 April 2011) The Independent<\/em>; online via The Independent, www.independent.co.uk<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>[Column essay]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are Pierette Le Pen, Jessica Hahn, Fawn Hall, Donna Rice, Angie Bowie and Fiona Wright supposed to do the rest of their lives? It has been said (by Shelley Winters) that a pretty face is a passport. But it\u2019s not \u2013 it\u2019s a visa, and it runs out fast.<\/span>\u201d (p. 55)<\/p>\n

Source notes<\/em><\/strong>: Although Burchill credited the simile \u201ca pretty face is a passport\u201d to Shelley Winters<\/span>, the saying predates the actress. Two earlier examples from American & British newspapers:<\/p>\n

\u201cThey obtained positions as ballet girls at the Grand Opera House, and both became familiar figures to the habitu\u00e9s of that theatre, particularly Mary, who called herself Alice Pierrepoint, and whose pretty face was a passport to favor<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: \u201cPop\u201d Mary, Pedler\u201d (19 December 1883) Commercial-Gazette<\/em>, Cincinnati; reprint in The Boston Globe<\/em>, Vol. XXIV, No. 170, Boston, MA, 20 December 1883, p. 5, column 1; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGarry Allighen, the film publicity expert, has just forwarded a copy of his new book \u201cThe Romance of the Talkies\u201d and in this he boldly declares, \u201cThe day of the pretty face as a passport<\/strong> to the screen is ended.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: Garry Allighan, \u201cfilm publicity expert,\u201d cited in \u201cStage and Screen\u201d (2 October 1929) The Journal<\/em>, Nottingham, England, p. 3, column 5; online via The British Newspaper Archive [subscription service] www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source <\/em><\/strong>[Featured quote<\/strong>]<\/span>: Library \u2013 Sex and Sensibility<\/em> (1992) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-00-637858-7<\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Burchill<\/strong> 2011 requote]<\/span>: \u201cJulie Burchill: Supermodel to super-role-model: what women can learn from Cindy Crawford\u201d (20 April 2011) The Independent: http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/columnists\/julie-burchill\/julie-burchill-supermodel-to-super-role-model-what-women-can-learn-from-cindy-crawford-2270504.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Pretty face\/passport \u2013 1883 example]<\/span>: \u201cPop\u201d Mary, Pedler\u201d (20 December 1883) The Boston Globe<\/em>; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/428524183\/?terms=%22pretty%2Bface%2Bwas%2Ba%2Bpassport%2Bto%2Bfavor%22<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Pretty face\/passport \u2013 1929 example]<\/span>: \u201cStage and Screen\u201d (2 October 1929) The Journal<\/em>; online via The British Newspaper Archive [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk\/viewer\/bl\/0001898\/19291002\/058\/0003<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cTears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death\u2019s perfect punctuation mark is a smile.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Julie Burchill<\/strong>, English author & columnist<\/p>\n

\u201cJulie Burchill on Kim Philby\u201d (5 August 1989) The Independent <\/em>newspaper, London, Issue 880, London: The Independent, p. 46; online via The Independent Digital <\/em>Archive<\/em>, 1986-2012<\/em>, Gale Group [subscription service], Gale Document Number FQ4200805653, Accessed July 2016, Washington University Library<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Tribute to British intelligence agent Harold ‘Kim’ Philby]:<\/p>\n

\u201cTears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully or just completely, the correct response to death\u2019s perfect punctuation mark is a smile.\u201d (p. 46)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cJulie Burchill on Kim Philby\u201d (5 August 1989) The Independent Archive, 1986-2012<\/em>, via Gale Group [library; subscription database]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Julie Burchill<\/strong>, English author & columnist<\/p>\n

\u201cBorn Again Cows\u201d (c. February 1984) Damaged Gods: Cults and Heroes Reappraised, <\/em>London: Arrow Books, 1987 edition, p. 3<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1449531592148-05fdd3db-5676094f-cf635381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattribution note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Burchill\u2019s book of essays has been cited incorrectly as \u201cDamaged Goods<\/u><\/span>\u201d by a number of print and online sources. The correct book title is Damaged Gods<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Essay]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men<\/span>, in fact, things to make women more like chums and less like millstone medallions. But the gains of the Seventies grew out of what women wanted for themselves, drawn up out of a shopping list of bitterness and old silence.\u201d (p. 3)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: From the Damaged Gods<\/em> publisher page:<\/p>\n

\u201cBorn Again Cows\u2019 first appeared in The Sunday Times<\/em>, February 1984, in much smaller (one thousand words) form.\u201d<\/p>\n

To date, Repeat Right has not been able to locate the Times <\/em>edition of the essay to verify if the quoted section appeared in the initial publication.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e525a6-c81b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy \u2013 Damaged Gods<\/em> (1986) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-09-946990-1<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

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