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Published 14:02 IST, November 1st 2019

No Shave November: Quotes to inspire you to join the initiative

To get involved in the no shave November initiative, here are some quotes to motivate you not using shaving gear to proclaim in harmony that you care.

Reported by: Chitra Jain
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No-shave November is the time in which participants sacrifice shaving and grooming themselves in the month of November in order to evoke conversation and raise cancer cognisance. It mainly aims awareness of scourge afflicting in men suffering from any form of testicular, prostate, and colon cancers. It is that time when people put their razors, scissors or clippers down and grow out their hair for cancer prevention and awareness.

No-shave November also means you can donate the money you saved that you used to spend on shaving and grooming to educate people about cancer prevention, save lives, and aid those fighting the battle. To get involved and start getting hairy, here are some quotes which will motivate you for not using shaving and gear to proclaim in harmony that you care. So, have a look at these quotes related to no-shave November.

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“I like having a beard. What’s funny is when you shave a beard, you realize how freezing cold your face is! The primary purpose evolution-wise is to keep you warm, to grow hair on your face. You shave it off, and your face is freezing for a few days.”

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– Adam Scott

 

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“Growing up, the way that I looked was very important to me. I was always trying to impress people, and when I grew my beard there was certain freedom, a separation, getting past this the way I looked, identify myself as a spiritual seeker.”

– Matisyahu

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“I will never shave off my beard and moustache. I did once, for charity, but my wife said, ‘Good grief, how awful, you look like an American car with all the chrome removed.”

– Rolf Harris

 

“I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that, indeed, I am a man.”

– Johnny Weir

 

“When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it’d be nice to rub my chin.”

– Rosario Dawson

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“Beard’s secret is always to be slightly on the edge but to pull back from a disaster at the last minute.”

– Mary Beard

 

“There was an old man with a beard, who said: ‘It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, four larks, and a wren Have all built their nests in my beard.”

– Edward Lear

 

“I don’t like myself without a beard.”

– Jamie Dornan

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08:49 IST, November 1st 2019