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One of a group of Greek goddesses who personified charm and beauty. Originally fertility goddesses, they were frequently associated with Aphrodite. Their number varied in different legends, but often there were three. They were sometimes said to be the daughters of Zeus and Hera and sometimes of Helios and Aegle, daughter of Zeus.

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Grace, 1929-82, princess consort of Monaco, b. Philadelphia as Grace Patricia Kelly. She acted on stage and television in New York, and made her film debut in 1951. Cool, blonde, and patrician, she became a major film star after her first Hollowood picture, High Noon (1952). Her major films include three released in 1954: Dial M For Murder and Rear Window, both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and The Country Girl, for which she won an Academy Award. She also starred in To Catch a Thief (1955), The Swan (1956), and High Society (1956), among others. She retired from moviemaking in 1956 when she married Rainier III, the ruling prince of Monaco. Princess Grace died following an automobile accident (1982) in France.

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See biographies by S. Bradford (1984), J. Spada (1987), R. Lacey (1994), J. Curtis (1998), and J. R. Taraborrelli (2003).

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"Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving." - Benjamin B. Warfield

"Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our accepting and willing are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God." - A. W. Tozer

"Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect." - Charles A. Stoddard

"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom." - Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

"Without grace beauty is an unabated hook." - French Proverb

"Always accept good fortune with grace and humility." - Mark L. Mika

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