Sydney Biddle Barrows quotes
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“The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.”
-- Sydney Biddle BarrowsSource : Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books
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“Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.”
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“I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.”
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“I may be good for nothing, but I'm never bad for nothing.”
-- Sydney Biddle BarrowsSource : Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books
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“society has no qualms about a masseuse who is paid for touching people, or about laborers, or professional athletes or dancers, all of whom make a living with their bodies. Why should we make an exception for sex?”
-- Sydney Biddle BarrowsSource : Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books
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“a call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.”
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“sex is a commodity just like anything else.”
-- Sydney Biddle BarrowsSource : Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books
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“If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.”
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“I was naughty. I wasn't bad. Bad is hurting people, doing evil. Naughty is not hurting anyone. Naughty is being amusing.”
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“Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.”
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“Gentlemen, you are about to witness the most famous victory in history.”
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Source : "Fictional character: Albert Rosenfeld". "Twin Peaks". Season 1, Episode 4, April 26, 1990.
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“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.”
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“A true gentleman never leaves his lady.”
Source : "Goodbye Mr Juventus" by Luca Cetta, www.football-italia.net. May 23, 2012.
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“So tell me gentleman, tell me the time and place where it was easy to be a woman.”
Source : Andrew Sean Greer (2013). “The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells”, p.162, Faber & Faber
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“Men no longer prefer blondes. Today gentlemen seem to prefer gentlemen.”
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