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  When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

  Peter Marshall

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Peter Marshall (1949). “Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D.: At the Opening of the Daily Sessions of the Senate of the United States During the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congress 1947-1949”

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• There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Acceptance, Self, Jewels

  Benjamin Franklin (1962). “Representative selections: with introduction, bibliography, and notes”

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• But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry.

  Christian Lacroix

  Fashion, Jewels, Choices

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• There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Real, Jewels, Vices

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.8937, Delphi Classics

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• Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Jewels, World, Way

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.85, Oxford University Press

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• For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

  Erma Bombeck

  Inspirational, Funny, Marriage

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• To me, jewelry is a natural progression and there is something so meaningful and magical about creating that one of a kind, special piece.

  Pamela Love

  Meaningful, Creating, Special

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Women like jewelry. They're like racoons: show them some shiny stuff and they'll follow you home.

  Alonzo Bodden

  Home, Stuff, Shows

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• My approach to jewelry has always been to keep it very simple, but if you want to wear something, make sure it is exquisite and lovely and will stand out.

  Sophie Cookson

  Simple, Lovely, Want

  Source: wwd.com

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• Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-

  Langston Hughes

  God, Faith, Christian

  Langston Hughes (2001). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940”, p.156, University of Missouri Press

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• I get really excited about jewelry.

  Jenna Fischer

  Excited, Get Real

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• We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Different

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• I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think I'll probably be given jewelry instead.

  Susan Orlean

  Birthday, Cutting, Thinking

  "Prune" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. September 28, 2010.

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• Even if heaven were real, and measured as Revelation says, so many cubits this wayand that, how gimcrack a place it would be, crammed with its pavements of gold, its gates of pearl and topaz, like a gigantic chunkof costume jewelry.

  Margaret Laurence

  Real, Heaven, Gold

  1964 The Stone Angel, ch.4.

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• I didn't mind giving up carnality, jewelry and red meat in return for comradeship and an afterlife.

  Margaret Millar

  Giving Up, Afterlife, Mind

  J.J. MARRIC; MARGARET MILLAR; BILL KNOX (1977). “GIDEON'S DRIVE; ASK FOR ME TOMORROW; HELLSPOUT”

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• I like colonic irrigation because sometimes you find old jewelry.

  Joan Rivers

  Sometimes, Hillarious, Irrigation

  "Joan Rivers: the best of her career in clips and quotes" by Lilah Raptopoulos, www.theguardian.com. September 04, 2014.

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• Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry - not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.

  Imelda Marcos

  Pieces

  "The Associated Press" report, April 1998.

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• Any girl who was a lady would not even think of having such a good time that she did not remember to hang on to her jewelry.

  Anita Loos

  Girl, Time, Thinking

  1925 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.4.

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• Mock jewelry on a woman is tangible vulgarity.

  Bayard Taylor

  Tangible, Taste, Vulgarity

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• And these gems of Heav'n, her starry train.

  John Milton

  Train, Gems

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• Lust is the sin that gets me excited. Luckily, because I'm married, I also get really good jewelry out of it.

  Heather Locklear

  Funny Marriage, Lust, Married

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• If there was a choice on spending a lot of money on accessories or dress, I always chose accessories. I think jewelry can change an outfit more than anything else.

  Iris Apfel

  Thinking, Choices, Dresses

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• I collect jewelry for a story - so something I got on a trip or something I got from my family. You know it always needs to have a meaning for me.

  Julia Restoin Roitfeld

  Needs, Stories, My Family

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

  Waris Ahluwalia

  Inspiration, Passion, Responsibility

  "At The Center Of Waris Ahluwalia’s Universe" by Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 1, 2012.

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• There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

  Pliny the Elder

  Sea, Purple, Oil

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