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If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back...

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back...

Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in...

Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in...

Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate...

Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate...

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

Always old-fashioned

Always old-fashioned

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion

One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion

The fashion of this world passeth away

The fashion of this world passeth away

Mayors are judged by results.

Mayors are judged by results.

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or...

My advice to young film-makers is this: Don't follow trends, Start them!

My advice to young film-makers is this: Don't follow trends, Start them!

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and...

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Your smile is your best accessory.

Your smile is your best accessory.