"All over America, people are making kamikaze choices about what to wear. They are misrepresenting the goods. They are letting their clothes write checks that their personalities cannot cash."

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Source : Simon Doonan (2008). “Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

Simon Doonan

#Writing Quotes #Clothes Quotes #America Quotes

“The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything.”
“Theres no drama like wrestling.”
“The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.”
“In the American hemisphere the cause of freedom and independence has continued to prevail, and if signalized by none of those splendid triumphs which had crowned with glory some of the preceding years it has only been from the banishment of all external force against which the struggle had been maintained. The shout of victory has been superseded by the expulsion of the enemy over whom it could have been achieved.”
“If art doesn't require an audience, can an intimate conversation be a work of art? Can a thought be a work of art? Maybe. I don't know. These questions are completely hypothetical for me, because I love interacting with audiences. I want my poems to be heard.”
“Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.”
“There is only one government in the Philippines and that is how it will stay,”

Source : "Philippines President Takes Hands-On Approach in Two Separate Hostage Situations". www.cnn.com. May 7, 2000.
“The right kind of practice is not a matter of hours. Practice should represent the utmost concentration of brain. It is better to play with concentration for two hours than to practice eight without. I should say that four hours would be a good maximum practice time-I never ask more of my pupils-and that during each minute of the time the brain be as active as the fingers.”

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