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" Jean Shrimpton was the most beautiful of all the models I have known. To walk down the King's Road, Chelsea, with Shrimpton was like walking through the rye. Strong men just keeled over right and left as she strode up the street. "

Mary Quant

Beautiful

Strong

Road

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" I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished because it's forever changing with the seasons. "

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" I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely. "

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Road

Alive

" I can't imagine not working, really. I just think work's more fun than fun. "

" The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it. "

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Sense

Having

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Age

Way

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