American - Writer | February 9, 1926 - October 29, 2012
If you care enough to look right, you care enough to act right. And vice versa.
Letitia Baldrige
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A real thank you does not come by e-mail. They come in the mail in an envelope. And what comes out of an envelope is a beautiful thing to touch and to handle and to pass around for everyone to read.
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A bride is a bride the first time around. The white dress and the white veil are symbolic. So many people are breaking the rules that people don't know what the rules are.
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A man or woman can be known and respected for good taste, regardless of job or income level, if they make good choices in clothes, have good table manners, are kind and organize their home to look warm, welcoming, clean, and appropriate to their station in life.
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Eating American-style, you put the knife down and clang. Continental is silent and efficient.
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You don't want to work so hard that you can't enjoy your guests.
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Most people don't know how to take compliments. That's the biggest problem in America - we're hesitant to give compliments and embarrassed at getting them.
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CEOs are called by their first names by young whippersnappers. That makes everybody uncomfortable. We need order and structure back in the workplace.
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If golfers know they look good, they will play better. I think that is valid for men and women.
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We ought to be vigilantes for kindness and consideration.
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We have lost the art of conversation. People are shy and don't know how to approach other people, and they are missing opportunities for relationships. And no one's entertaining at home anymore. They're not having people over for dinner.
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I believe in teaching manners without causing fisticuffs.
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