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I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh color, the salmon satin, the lace. ↗

— Jean Paul Gaultier

#color #corset #corsets #display #exhibition

The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control. ↗

— Jean Paul Gaultier

#always #america #american #american women #choose

The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic. ↗

— Jean Paul Gaultier

#am #classic #clothes #different #different ways

Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#clearly #communicate #listen #our #specifically

Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#because #deferring #doing #feel #first

If we look honestly at our relationships, we can see so much about how we have created them. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#created #honestly #how #look #much

The people we are in relationships with are always a mirror, reflecting our own beliefs, and simultaneously we are mirrors, reflecting their beliefs. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#beliefs #mirror #mirrors #our #own

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#authority #away #consistently #distrust #give

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee. ↗

— John Gay

#flee #follow #thee #will

I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them. ↗

— John Gay

#like #mind #must #nothing #them