"Long before feminism made fashion a guilty pleasure, my first experience of the sisterhood among strangers took place in a communal dressing room."

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Source : "Caring about clothes" by Judith Thurman, www.newyorker.com. September 25, 2014.

Judith Thurman

#Fashion Quotes #Sisterhood Quotes #Long Quotes

“Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we will ever give him credit for.”

Source : Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart
“We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will take certain actions and inform us after the fact.”
“What would happen if the moon were not there? Then our tilt could swing wildly over a large range, resulting in major temperature swings. If our tilt were more like ninety degrees, the north pole would be exposed to the sun for six months, while the south pole would be in darkness, then vice-versa. Instead, it varies by only about one and a half degrees - just a tiny variation, because the gravity from the moon's orbit keeps it stabilized.”
“It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave's back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years.”

Source : Solomon Northup (2008). “Twelve Years a Slave”, p.206, Applewood Books
“I think every woman in the world has to have a short black dress. That's what I always wear if I'm really rushing and I don't want to think. If you want to wear it during the day you can wear ballerina flats or sandals. And for the night you just put on some heels and and a necklace. That's kind of the statement dress of Chanel as well. But Chanel is put on a necklace and a little hat and that would be perfect for Chanel.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Each dollar Mexico exports to the U.S. has a content of American production of 40.”
“I used food to make myself feel better, but I felt worse when I ate.”
“I'm a sucker for sad disco pop.”

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