01 November 2010

He Said She Said

"Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly." - Jean Cocteau

4 comments:

  1. a more sophisticated version of the 'you can take the girl outta the kampong, but you can't take the kampong outta the girl', non?

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  2. Dear Anon: I suppose - it's horribly elitist though don't you think? I don't really believe that people think this anymore. Also, I happen to quite like the idea of a girl who's unable to shrug off her inner kampong - IMHO it's charming, touching and glamourous.

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  3. i hate this quote. so snobbish and all. there are more important things like empathy and humility and kindness and pudding.

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  4. Dear Beauty: It is horribly snobbish.

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