"Her name was called Lady Helena Herring and her age was 25 and she mated well with the earl."

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Source : Daisy Ashford (2016). “The Young Visiters”, p.43, Daisy Ashford

Daisy Ashford

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“I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.”
“At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.”

Source : Allen Johnson, Edward Samuel Corwin (1926). “The age of Jefferson and Marshall: Part 1: Jefferson and his colleagues, by Allen Johnson. Part 2: John Marshall and the Constitution, by Edward S. Crowin”
“Stress comes from knowing what is right and doing what is wrong”

Source : Larry Winget (2011). “Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life”, p.241, John Wiley & Sons
“The critical sense is so far from frequent that it is absolutely rare, and the possession of the cluster of qualities that minister to it is one of the highest distinctions... In this light one sees the critic as the real helper of the artist, a torchbearing outrider, the interpreter, the brother... Just in proportion as he is sentient and restless, just in proportion as he reacts and reciprocates and penetrates, is the critic a valuable instrument.”
“I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.”
“I'm a character-driven director, and I tend to fall in love with the characters in my movies and TV shows.”
“Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.”
“I don't think I could ever settle down. I have known too much of the depths of life already, and I would prefer anything to an anticlimax.”

Source : Everett Ruess (1983). “Everett Ruess, a vagabond for beauty”

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