As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Audrey HepburnRead
When I wear a silk scarf I never feel so definitely like a woman, a beautiful woman
Interpretation
Wearing a silk scarf enhances a woman's feeling of beauty and femininity.
In this quote, Audrey Hepburn expresses how a simple accessory like a silk scarf can elevate a woman's self-perception and confidence. It signifies that certain garments or items can have a profound impact on how individuals view themselves, particularly in terms of beauty and femininity.
In practice
During a fashion presentation to highlight the power of accessories.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
On the one hand maybe Iβve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.
This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself, not a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain, and you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi. The rain's very important. That's when Paris smells its sweetest. It's the damp chestnut trees.
I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.
It must be hard to be a model, because you'd want to be like the photograph of you, and you can't ever look that way.
I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me.
Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.
When I tried to imagine being beautiful, I could only imagine living without the perpetual fear of being alone, without the great burden of isolation, which is what feeling ugly felt like.
I _x000D_ would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young _x000D_ girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have to be thin? Some _x000D_ people look better thin and some don't. There is almost a standard being _x000D_ created where only thin is acceptable. The influence of those _x000D_ magazines on girls as young as 13 is horrific.
There is such a thing as too much beauty in a woman and it is often a burden as crippling as homeliness and far more dangerous. It takes much luck and integrity to survive the gift of perfect beauty, and its impermanence is its most cunning betrayal.
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