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• I have this terrific make-up man. But he's expensive. I have to bring him in from Lourdes.

  Bob Hope

  Men, One Line, Lourdes

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• Return to a simpler life, and you will see that behind the expensive cars, the fashionable clothes, the empty celebrities, the fancy houses and the thick layers of make-up life has real meaning. Behind all the lies there is a deep well of wisdom that we can all drink from, and grow wiser, healthier and happier.

  Varg Vikernes

  Real, Lying, Clothes

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• I think it's fascinating to note that some of the most successful organizations of our time got there by focusing obsessively on service, viewing compensation as an afterthought or a side effect. As marketing gets more and more expensive, it turns out that caring for people is a useful shortcut to trust, which leads to all the other things that a growing organization seeks.

  Seth Godin

  Successful, Caring, Thinking

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• Rosemary bubbled with delight at the trunks. Her naivete responded whole-heartedly to the expensive simplicity of the Divers, unaware of its complexity and its lack of innocence, unaware that it was all a selection of quality rather than quantity from the run of the world's bazaar; and that the simplicity of behavior also, the nursery-like peace and good will, the emphasis on the simpler virtues, was part of a desperate bargain with the gods and had been attained through struggles she could not have guessed at.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Running, Struggle, Nurse

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “Tender is the Night”, p.32, HarperCollins

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• Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Luxury, Appreciate, Way

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• Ella's supersonic voice followed her all the way to Bleecker Street and then dissolved amid the noisy profusion of shops, cafes, and restaurants and the crush of people that made the West Village of Manhattan unique in the world. In a single block you could buy fertility statues from Tanzania, rare Amazonian orchids, a pawned brass tuba, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, or the best, most expensive cup of coffee you ever tasted. It was the doughnuts, incidentally, that attracted Gaia.

  Francine Pascal

  Crush, Block, Coffee

  Francine Pascal (2001). “Sam”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the millions who insist on acquiring habits that are bad, expensive, and create problems. The habit they weren't going to get, got them!

  Zig Ziglar

  Funny Things, People, Problem

  Zig Ziglar (1977). “See You at the Top”

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• Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and they'd put the effects on after.

  Gil Gerard

  Blue, Ships, Used

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• I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.'

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Makeup, Hair, Shoes

  "The Hunger Games: First look at Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss!". www.ew.com. May 18, 2011.

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• I love vintage, but it's so expensive now.

  Alexandra Roach

  Vintage

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• Having a Rolex or a Benz is not something that actually represents your success because there’s always something more expensive to buy. Success is really being able to do things for others as well as the people around you and yourself.

  Kanye West

  People, Able, Rolex

  "Yeezy Literally Taught Me: A Student From the Graphic Design Class Kanye West Taught Describes the Experience". Interview with James Harris, www.complex.com. September 23, 2014.

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• A modern Woman is not necessarily...s omeone who just buys expensive stuff...
  ...a modern Woman is someone who buys intelligently.

  Prabal Gurung

  Modern Woman, Stuff, Modern

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• The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.

  Frank Capra

  World, Oscars, Public Relations

  Frank Capra (1971). “The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography”

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• The notion that processed food is cheap and integrity foods are prohibitively expensive is simply not true.

  Joel Salatin

  Integrity, Processed Food, Notion

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• If you think education is expensive, you should try ignorance

  Brian Tracy

  Ignorance, Thinking, Trying

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• Labor is cheap, friends are expensive, but sons are priceless.

  Rick Joyner

  Son, Priceless, Labor

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• We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between Tweedledee and Tweedledum. We elect expensive masters to do our work for us, and then blame them because they work for themselves and for their class.

  Helen Keller

  Mean, Class, Names

  Helen Keller (1967). “Helen Keller, her Socialist years: writings and speeches”

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• The pleasure of eating something because it is expensive has absolutely nothing to do with the taste of good cuisine.

  Marcel Boulestin

  Taste, Cuisine, Eating

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• Beer and other forms of alcohol will do you no good. Their use will be expensive, will dull your conscience, and could lead to the disease called alcoholism, which is humiliating, dangerous, and even deadly.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Beer, Alcohol, Use

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• The advantages? Exercise, no parking problems, gas prices, it's fun. An automobile is expensive. You have to find a place to park and it's not fun. So why not ride a bicycle? I recommend it.

  Stephen Breyer

  Fun, Exercise, Advice

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• But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Life, Two, Promise

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• Don't use expensive clothes as a screen for your personal doubts. Be proud of yourself

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Clothes, Doubt, Use

  "Karl Lagerfeld's Fashion Therapy". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 13, 2009.

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• I hate the word 'cheap'. People are cheap. Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Hate, People, Inexpensive

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• Fur is not murder, but it is quite expensive.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Fur, Murder

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• Make your smile cheaper and anger expensive!

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Your Smile, Cheaper

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