"Politics is Hollywood for ugly people" (1996)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 6/26/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> POLITICS + HOLLYWOOD FOR + UGLY--39,300 Google hits
> ...
> Does Fred have this one?

Dunno, but last year I posted on the variant,  "Politics is show
business for ugly people" (dated to 1991).

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--Ben Zimmer

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