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Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes. Fashion is in the air, born upon the wind. One intuits it. It is in the sky and on the road.
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Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation.
Coco Chanel
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Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.
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As a young girl, I was very proud at overcoming a reading handicap whilst other girls of my age read abundantly.
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Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.
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What every Englishman thinks about patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel.
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Fashion is everything that can pass fashionable.
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A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist.
Coco Chanel
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Strength is built by one's failures, not by one's successes.
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Fashion changes, Style remains.
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men.
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Fashion comes and goes but style lasts forever.
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A woman has the age she deserves.
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Passion always goes, and boredom stays.
Coco Chanel
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J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.
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A woman does not become interesting until she is over 40.
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That's what fame is: solitude.
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If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack.
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There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be taught.
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I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't". In the annals of popular wisdom, this is one of the most cretinous sayings I have come across.
Coco Chanel
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All men are children, and if you understand that, a woman understands everything.
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Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.
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Eat less than you think you want, eat with your intelligence, not your stomach. Never get up from the table with an inward, silent apology for being a pig.
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A woman needs independence, not equality. In most cases, equality is a step down.
Coco Chanel