American - Writer | February 9, 1926 - October 29, 2012
The whole art of flirting has simply disappeared. This probably will do further damage. If we're going to become so uptight that we can't say nice things to each other, then we've had it!
Letitia Baldrige
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President and Mrs. Kennedy would walk into the East Room with their honored guests, preceded by the military color guard, who then posted their flags behind the receiving line. This ceremony never failed to move all of us, no matter how many times the staff witnessed it.
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The Kennedys tried to avoid using the big U-shaped table, but when they couldn't, they had several tricks - including keeping the flowers simple - to keep it from appearing overly stiff and formal.
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Administrations had come and gone in Pennsylvania Avenue, but many old entertaining traditions had survived - thru habit and not thru merit.
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The custom of going to a party only when we have been invited is a necessary, attractive, decent way for a party to evolve.
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That's how a nation's manners are going to be taught - from watching others' behavior and learning from the effects of that behavior.
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Europeans are easily offended by errors in their titles or full names. Their exasperation is equal to that shown by Americans when the department store fouls up their bills.
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One cannot reject an entire nation because of the politics of its leader.
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I was considered the luckiest of all the female gypsies since I landed the job as social secretary to Ambassador and Mrs. David Bruce at the American Embassy.
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Arranging an official dinner in an embassy is a little like writing a script for a play. The prolog is the guest list, often the most difficult part of the whole creative operation.
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The '80s have not been a gracious decade, and people are seeking ways to be nice to each other.
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At tea time, all the noise, greed and aggressiveness of the '80s can be drowned out. For 45 minutes, anyway.
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