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Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.
Joan Collins
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The clothes were a huge part of what made 'Dynasty' fun.
Joan Collins
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My grandmother spoiled my father rotten, and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married my beautiful mother, Elsa, he expected her to give up her career as a champion ballroom dancer and become a good wife and mother, which she dutifully did.
Joan Collins
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When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.
Joan Collins
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Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.
Joan Collins
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.
Joan Collins
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If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.
Joan Collins
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Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much.
Joan Collins
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Jennifer Aniston is cute, but I wouldn't call her beautiful. I think that is why Cheryl Cole is so popular, because she is just so pretty and the public are starved of gorgeous people. When I was young, everybody on screen was gorgeous.
Joan Collins
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I've always maintained that there is a very fine line between a daring, sexy older woman and mutton dressed as lamb.
Joan Collins
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I've three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and I'm very happily married. I'm very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isn't anything I want.
Joan Collins
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I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.
Joan Collins
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If I need to cheer myself up, I will put on some fabulous '40s musical on video. But I'm very lucky; I seldom get depressed. Without question, I'm a 'glass half full' person. In fact, it's three-quarters full!
Joan Collins
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I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.
Joan Collins
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My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.
Joan Collins
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We live in a quick-fix society where we need instant gratification for everything. Too fat? Get lipo-sucked. Stringy hair? Glue on extensions. Wrinkles and lines? Head to the beauty shop for a pot of the latest miracle skin stuff. It's all a beautiful £1 billion con foisted upon insecure women by canny cosmetic conglomerates.
Joan Collins
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The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.
Joan Collins
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I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.
Joan Collins
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I've never been that keen on Shakespeare.
Joan Collins
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Well I've written four beauty books as well.
Joan Collins
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I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.
Joan Collins
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So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.
Joan Collins
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I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.
Joan Collins
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I have a lot of male friends.
Joan Collins
