"When I graduated from school, World War II was still going on. At the time, my eldest sister, Nancy, was working in New York City at Lord & Taylor, and she had a great friend named Sally Kirkland who she worked with there and who later went to work as an editor at Vogue. I always told them, "I want to work in fashion like you do," and finally, in the late '40s, I got a job at Lord & Taylor, too."

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Polly Allen Mellen

#Fashion Quotes #War Quotes #School Quotes

“It's one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a bandit pushes a black steel knife against the flesh of your throat while his brother comes to join him.”

Source : John Speed (2007). “The Temple Dancer: A Novel of India”, p.86, Macmillan
“My happiest moment is the day they call wrap and I'm free. I'm not looking back.”
“Don't you dare hit me in the head... you know I'm not normal.”

Source : "Fictional character: Curly". "Loco Boy Makes Good", www.imdb.com. 1942.
“Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.”
“Such is life, here today, gone tomorrow! Nothing goes with one, except one's merit and demerit; good and evil deeds follow one even after death.”
“To me, magic is everywhere.”
“While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.”
“Don't wait for a more convenient day to discipline your mind!”

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