I hate pretty. Itβs a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.
Oscar De La RentaRead
My entire concept of lifestyle is built on the foundation of my homes. There is no more important expression of this concept than that of my own personal living space.
Interpretation
Our living spaces reflect our lifestyle and values.
Oscar De La Renta emphasizes that the way we design and inhabit our homes significantly influences our lifestyle choices. He suggests that personal living spaces are a fundamental expression of who we are, reflecting our priorities, tastes, and identity.
In practice
In a speech about personal well-being, one could reference this quote to emphasize the importance of a nurturing home environment.
I hate pretty. Itβs a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.
Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman's life and maybe never stops growing.
I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
The essence of style is how you live your life
Be the designer of your own destiny.
Let's face the music and dance.
This year, I will be more thoughtful of my fellow man; exert more effort in each of my endeavors professionally as well as personally; take love wherever I find it, and offer it to everyone who will take it.
And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death.
I worry hope will crush me, the way love has so many times before. Are they so different, hope and love? O & E in the same place, half of the other in each word. Both swimming in unknowns. Iβve been through the big changes. These ones should seem easier in comparison, I should be more prepared, but they donβt and Iβm not. Sometimes I feel like a broken-wing butterfly, clinging to a window screen. Afraid to let go. Afraid to stay. Wondering how much wing is enough to fly.
And we'd had this stupid scene on the street, and even that was kind of cool, because sometimes it's moments like that, real complicated moments, absorbing moments, that make you realize that even hard times have things in them that make you feel alive.
Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.
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