"Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty."

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Source : Margot Asquith (1963). “Autobiography”

Margot Asquith

#Beautiful Quotes #Mean Quotes #Men Quotes

“Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.”
“In a lot of ways I think food is starting to take the place in culture that rock and roll took 30 years ago, in that eating has become incredibly political. And just as the street has always dictated fashions on music and other things, it's starting to happen that way in food.”
“The GLORY is in the TEAM, NOT the INDIVIDUAL.”
“Iâ€™m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.”
“I think that itâ€™s fearless to fall for your best friend, even though heâ€™s in love with someone else.”
“Besides, there wasnâ€™t a breed of succubi out there that didnâ€™t steal something. Whether it was your seed, your soul, your life-force, or your heart, they sucked something out of you and rarely gave back. Sin definitely did not strike him as the giving kind.”
“There is nothing which vanity does not desecrate.”
“Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.”

Source : Diane Arbus (1972)

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