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Messy Look

Messy Look

When I was a kid I wore my hair presentably long and experimented with Brylcreem, Vitalis, Wildroot, and any brand product down at Thrifties Drug Store that promised to corral my hair and attract girls

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Posted on 05/31/201601/23/2022 by MikePosted in History, Human Nature, Modern World, ReadingTagged Axe, California Platinum Blond, L & B Butch Wax, Lee Mazzilli. 3 Comments

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“In a democracy that does not respect intellectual life and is not guided by it, demagogy has free rein, and the level of the national life is lowered to that of the ignorant and uncultivated. But this cannot happen if the principle of education is allowed to dominate and if the tendencies prevail to raise the lower classes to an appreciation of culture and to accept the leadership of the better elements.” - Thomas Mann

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