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Elsa Peretti Quotes

A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don't wear such things.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: designer
Nationality: italian
Birth: May 1, 1940

Topics

Time People Long Wealth Long Time

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

John D. Rockefeller

Learning Time Bible Thought Better

I'm sure the atmosphere at Tanglewood and the space there and nature - I think it absolutely fits Wagner's music.

Nature Music Space Think Atmosphere

Grief is characterized much more by waves of feeling that lessen and reoccur, it's less like stages and more like different states of feeling.

Meghan O'Rourke

Grief Waves Feeling More Different

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Future Past Present Burden Prejudice

I like the facts. I find them interesting.

Facts Interesting Find Like Them

In the 1970s, family history wasn't yet thought of a serious field for study. I was terrified of being laughed at by other historians. I called my book 'The Social Origins of Private Life.' It should have been 'As Pompous as You Want to Be.' Every sentence was academic jargon, and if I said X, I qualified it with Y.

Stephanie Coontz

Life Family History Book Thought

Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Me Nothing Break Breaks Even

I say if you can find somebody you can make music with, that's a special thing, so you should try to keep it going.

Roscoe Mitchell

Music You Find Say Special Try

I have great hair because I take a lot of vitamins.

Great Hair Vitamins Take Because

Every pound of muscle burns approximately 50 calories every day, just doing nothing.

Day Doing Every Day Nothing Muscle

I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.

Childhood Imagination Me Independence

Specificity is what makes good storytelling, and good storytelling is what makes money, and making money is then what encourages new producers to invest in different stories about Asians.

Good Money Making Money New Asians

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