"If I go up to Harlem or down……" — Brooke Astor
"If I go up to Harlem or down to Sixth Street, and I'm not dressed up or I'm not wearing my jewelry, then the people feel I'm talking down to them. People expect to see Mrs. Astor, not some dowdy old lady, and I don't intend to disappoint."
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Brooke Astor
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9 Quotes by Brooke Astor
Brooke Astor has 9 quotes on this site.
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Money is like manure; it should be spread around
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Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.
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When I was 40, I used to wonder what people thought of me. Now I wonder what I think of…
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If you love to read, if you love nature and if you have a dog, you've got it made.
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No matter how horrid a person may appear on the surface, if you dig deeper, you will find some nice,…
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I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a…
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Power is the ability to do good things for others.
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I love the Park. I like to walk on the East River, too, up at Gracie Square, but Central Park…
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Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.
— Ernest Thompson Seton
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Politics? Ha! You couldn't get into politics. You couldn't get in anywhere. You couldn't even get in the men's room…
— Jean Harlow
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After a heated argument on some trivial matter Nancy [Astor] . shouted, If I were your wife I would put…
— John F. Akers
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There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a…
— Mary Astor
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Bill Astor knew these papers were missing. Stephen showed his hand in October.
— Christine Keeler
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The late John Jacob Astor, a personage little given to poetic enthusiasm, had no hesitation in pronouncing my first grand…
— Herman Melville
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Summer is a Latvian chicken. We make foolish choices. We think we’re young again. We run with outstretched arms toward…
— Gary Shteyngart
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Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband,…
— Winston Churchill
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Lady Astor: If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea. Winston Churchill: Madam, if I were your husband, I'd…
— Psyche_Zeroh
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