"Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal."

-- Diana Vreeland

#Elegance Quotes #Well Dressed Quotes #Refusal Quotes

“Financial security and independence are like a three-legged stool resting on savings, insurance and investments”
“When life hands you a lemon, squeeze it and make lemonade.”
“When I know that I have played as well as I can. It doesn't matter so much whether I have won or lost. But being completely satisfied with myself? That's something that never really happens to me.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The central part of the state is more remote and less scenic, and there's a huge agricultural belt that stretches from the south of Lake Okeechobee to the border of Everglades National Park, where the restoration effort is being concentrated, .. Obviously the movement to save the Everglades runs up against agricultural concerns.”
“I was always curious about the anxiety a person would feel when you open your mouth and you have an accent. You could have a Ph.D. or be a lawyer, but as soon as you say something, you may be diminished in the eyes of someone else.”
“Color is nothing, anywhere. Civilized condition differences men, all over the globe.”

Source : Alexander Crummell (1861). “The relations and duties of free colored men in America to Africa: A letter to Charles B. Dunbar ...”, p.31
“If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as he possesses power, he must possess wisdom. He becomes converted to the seductive thesis that election to public office endows the official with both power and wisdom. At this point, he begins to lose his ability to distinguish between what is morally right and what is politically expedient.”
“It's really hard to get any work done in my apartment when my bed is also in my apartment.”

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