Jenny Joseph quotes
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“When I am old, I shall wear purple”
-- Jenny JosephSource : "Older and wiser: Carol Ann Duffy introduces poems of ageing". www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2010.
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“When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me, And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves, And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.”
-- Jenny JosephSource : "Warning" l. 1 (1965)
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“I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.”
-- Jenny JosephSource : The Observer, April 19, 1998.
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“The craziest, most selfish act is to commit suicide. When you kill yourself, you kill others.”
-- Jenny Joseph
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“White pill, blue pill, yellow pill, purple pill; its like swallowing a rainbow every bedtime.”
Source : Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (2008). “Persistence of Memory”, p.19, Delacorte Press
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Source : Anne Fadiman (2008). “At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays”, p.64, Macmillan
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“Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls!”
Source : "ASAP Rocky’s Misguided Beauty Advice, Rapper Says Dark Skin Girls Shouldn’t Wear Red Lipstick" by Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2013.
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Source : "Rockers Plug In for Katrina". Ventura County Star, September 10, 2005.
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“The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.”
Source : Interview with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com.
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