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“There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.”

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You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not.

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I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This…

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don't make each room a different color in a small apartment or you'll make yourself nervous.

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My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability.

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I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.

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You can't take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.

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[At first sight of the Acropolis:] It's beige! My color!

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I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.

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What is the goal? A house that is like the life that goes with it, a house that gives us beauty as we understand…

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I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses…

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It is not chic to be too chic.

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When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old.

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