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• Attorney General John Ashcroft has been hospitalized. I believe he is suffering from homophobia. No, actually, it was just gallstones, but when they gave him the hospital gown that opens in the back, he refused to wear it, he thought it was a gay wedding dress.

  Jay Leno

  Believe, Gay, Suffering

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• What I would give, I thought, to have been present as Elizabeth Keckley measured Mary Lincoln for a new gown, to overhear their conversations on topics significant and ordinary, to observe the Lincoln White House from such an intimate perspective. From that moment, my interest in their remarkable friendship was captivated, and it never really waned.

  Jennifer Chiaverini

  White, Giving, Perspective

  "Madison's Chiaverini finds inspiration in Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker". Interview with Bobby Tanzilo, onmilwaukee.com. January 5, 2013.

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• Anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology. He would be better advised to abandon exact science, put away his scholar's gown, bid farewell to his study, and wander with human heart through the world.

  Carl Jung

  Farewell, Heart, Psychology

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• After Theda Bara appeared in A Fool There Was, a vampire wave surged over the country. Women appeared in vampire gowns, pendant earrings, and even young girls were attempting to change from frank, open-eyed ingenues to the almond-eyed, carmine-lipped woman of subtlety and mystery.

  Mary Pickford

  Girl, Country, Vampire

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• Life is an extravagant gown, riddled with lice.

  Eileen Chang

  Lice, Life Is, Extravagant

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• I just think it's great to show a gown that's $8,000 and a shoe that's, like, $25-but still look fabulous together.

  Christian Siriano

  Thinking, Shoes, Together

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• In masks and gown we haunt the street
  And knock on doors for trick or treat
  Tonight we are the king and queen,
  For oh tonight it's Halloween!

  Jack Prelutsky

  Kings, Queens, Halloween

  Jack Prelutsky (1977). “It's Halloween”, Scholastic Paperbacks

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• I am totally, completely, 100% in love with fashion. I would wear Chanel gowns to the grocery store if I could. I'm a huge fan of Chanel and Versace, and I actually have always dreamed of designing my own line one day.

  Ksenia Solo

  Fashion, Design, One Day

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• There is much made in the psychological literature of the effects of divorce on children, particularly as it comes to their own marriages, lo those many years later. We have always wondered why there is not more research done on the children of happy marriages. Our parents' love is not some grand passion, there are no swoons of lust, no ball gowns and tuxedos, but here is the truth: they have not spent a night apart since the day they married.How can we ever hope to find a love to live up to that?

  Eleanor Brown

  Love, Children, Passion

  Eleanor Brown (2011). “The Weird Sisters”, p.111, Penguin

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• It's Halloween! It's Halloween!
  The moon is full and bright
  And we shall see what can't be seen
  On any other night.
  Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,
  Grinning goblins fighting duels
  Werewolves rising from their tombs,
  Witches on their magic brooms
  In masks and gown we haunt the street
  And knock on doors for trick or treat
  Tonight we are the king and queen,
  For oh tonight it's Halloween!

  Jack Prelutsky

  Kings, Queens, Halloween

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• I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag.

  Joan Rivers

  Want, Toes, Tag

  Joan Rivers (2012). “I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me”, p.44, Penguin

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• Everyone in my grade is turning 13, so there are bunches of bar and bat mitzvahs. They're very dressy. It's fun picking out outfits. One girl, for her bat mitzvah, wore a huge red ball gown!

  Elle Fanning

  Girl, Fun, Bats

  "Elle Fanning Goes To Bar Mitzvahs, Loves Picking Out Clothes" By Ellie Krupnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2011.

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• I had four C-sections and my stomach looked like the map of the world. My breasts were hanging down to here from breastfeeding those babies, and my nipples were like platters. I wanted to fit into the gowns that I finally got to wear.

  Patricia Heaton

  Baby, Breastfeeding, World

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• When I went to Hollywood in 1927, the girls were wearing lumpy sweaters and skirts. I was wearing sleek suits and half naked beaded gowns and piles and piles of furs.

  Louise Brooks

  Girl, Sweaters, Hollywood

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea - a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle's hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were HAIRPINS sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn't like to sit too near her.

  Beatrix Potter

  Fire, Hands, Tea

  Beatrix Potter (2016). “Collection of Beatrix Potter: Beatrix's Tales”, p.37, VM eBooks

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• And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience to attain To something like prophetic strain.

  John Milton

  Stars, Cells, Heaven

  c.1631 Il Penseroso, l.167-74.

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• Rise and put on your foliage, and be seen
  To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green,
  And sweet as Flora. Take no care
  For jewels for your gown or hair
  Fear not; the leaves will strew
  Gems in abundance upon you
  Besides, the childhood of the day has kept,
  Against you come, some orient pearls unwept.
  Come, and receive them while the light
  Hangs on the dew-locks of the night
  And Titan on the eastern hill
  Retires himself, or else stands still
  Till you come forth! Wash, dress, be brief in praying
  Few beads are best when once we go a-Maying.

  Robert Herrick

  Sweet, Spring, Night

  Robert Herrick (1852). “Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine”

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• Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my …  chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the Iron Lady of the Western world. Me? A Cold War warrior? … Well, yes — if that is how they wish to interpret my defense of values of freedoms fundamental to our way of life.

  Margaret Thatcher

  War, Iron, Hair

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• Tailor your space to your needs. In one closet, I have upper and lower rods for skirts, pants and tops. The second is all shelves for bags and linens. In the third, there's just one rod for suits and dresses. To hang evening gowns, I use hooks on the ceiling.

  Thelma Golden

  Space, Tailors, Pants

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• You may wear your virtues as a crown,
  As you walk through life serenely,
  And grace your simple rustic gown
  With a beauty more than queenly.
  Though only one for you shall care,
  One only speak your praises;
  And you never wear in your shining hair,
  A richer flower than daisies.

  Phoebe Cary

  Flower, Simple, Hair

  Phoebe Cary (1882). “The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary”

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• Your own gown is most delicately suitable, both to the occasion and to yourself,' to be translated: Your gown is insipid and entirely forgettable. If you wear it on every other occasion this entire season, no one will notice or care.

  Anne Perry

  Care, Forgettable, Occasions

  Anne Perry (2010). “Belgrave Square: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel”, p.83, Ballantine Books

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• For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

  Katherine Jenkins

  Love, Mcdonalds, Age

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I planned my wedding the first time, my ex-husband and I, we were both struggling comics. I had a TV show that had gotten cancelled. Basically, I rented a wedding gown; the reception hall smelled like feet.

  Sherri Shepherd

  Husband, Struggle, Tv Shows

  "Sherri Shepherd Talks: Marriage Life, Divorce, Parenting & Advice On Catching A Man" by Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 4, 2011.

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• Black for hunting through the night For death and sorrow, the color’s white Gold for a bride in her wedding gown, And red to call enchantment down.

  Cassandra Clare

  Night, Hunting, Color

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Lost Souls”, p.432, Simon and Schuster

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• I miss you.…” He stroked the indentation of the gown where her waist would have been—should have been. “I miss you so much.

  J.R. Ward

  Should Have, Missing, I Miss You So Much

  J.R. Ward (2012). “Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.71, Penguin

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