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She permitted vanity, striving, charm, and "maquillage" on the way to the top, but not dullness or stupidity.
Vanity! Vanity!
One new fee, for example, would raise the cost of vanity license plates to $25, from $15. Another would impose a new $15 charge on applying for a pistol permit.
This is a vanity Martha would not permit.
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
But you and I know it is you -- with your great voice, your raging beauty, your notorious genius, your animal energy, your little boy vanity, your royal arrogance and that selfishness that permits you no other exit except self-destruction.
Though he detested displays of personal vanity, Mr. Fairchild did anoint a handful of protégés, permitting them to function as high-profile alter egos.
And throughout there is the crafty narcissism of self-hatred, which permits its adepts to indulge in an unlimited amount of self-regard without risking the accusation of vanity.
"Retro vanity".
Vanity, perhaps.
Your vanity is tickled.
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