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Dress Quotes

"An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome."

"An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome."

William Manchester, American Historian

Dress, Lady, Wonder

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"They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes."

"They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

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"I'm always the girl at the party who, within five minutes, has taken my heels off, hitched up my dress in my knickers, and probably spilt drink down my cleavage."

"I'm always the girl at the party who, within five minutes, has taken my heels off, hitched up my dress in my knickers, and probably spilt drink down my cleavage."

Sadie Frost, English Actress

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"I like there to be some testosterone in rock, and it's like I'm the one in the dress who has to provide it."

"I like there to be some testosterone in rock, and it's like I'm the one in the dress who has to provide it."

Courtney Love, American Musician

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"When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago."

"When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago."

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

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"Oh, completely liberating because even if you don't do a woman right, you just have to put on high heels a wig, a bra and a dress, and I feel liberated."

"Oh, completely liberating because even if you don't do a woman right, you just have to put on high heels a wig, a bra and a dress, and I feel liberated."

Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian

Dress, Right, Woman

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"Louis Armstrong, who learned to be in exquisite dress, came from the bottom, and he's not a trash can."

"Louis Armstrong, who learned to be in exquisite dress, came from the bottom, and he's not a trash can."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

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"I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress."

"I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress."

Stacey Dash, American Actress

Dress, Hollywood, Sleep, Trying

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"You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it."

"You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it."

Rachel McAdams, Canadian Actress

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"Boy George is all England needs - another queen who can't dress."

"Boy George is all England needs - another queen who can't dress."

Joan Rivers, American Comedian

Dress, England, Needs, Queen

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"Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress."

"Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Dress, Value, Will

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"An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up."

"An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up."

George Catlin, American Artist

Dress, First, Winter

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"Someday I'm going to go onstage in a dress if I want to."

"Someday I'm going to go onstage in a dress if I want to."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

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"I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously."

"I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously."

Mariah Carey, American Musician

Dress, Hair, Style

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"I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?"

"I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?"

Farrah Fawcett, American Actress

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"About six weeks later, she called because she had found a dress. And then she said yes."

"About six weeks later, she called because she had found a dress. And then she said yes."

Maury Povich, American Celebrity

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"I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead."

"I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead."

Laura Kightlinger, American Comedian

Dress, Famous, Want, Will

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"They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress."

"They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress."

Stefan Kanfer, American Critic

Dress, Evening, Literary

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"Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn't do that to a man."

"Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn't do that to a man."

Rip Torn, American Actor

Dress, Man, Public

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"Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?"

"Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?"

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress."

"Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress."

Ludwig Bemelmans, Austrian Author

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"By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if you know how to practice it; a thing that is very easy in the hands of a master."

"By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if you know how to practice it; a thing that is very easy in the hands of a master."

William Cavendish, British Civil Servant

Dress, Horses, May, Perfection

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"Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim."

"Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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