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What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living

Shelly Branch

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Be true to what naturally interests you - and be brave enough to turn an obsession into a profession.”

“Ever theatrical, Jackie also viewed the home as a grand set: a malleable, working stage on which to play out the daily sketches of life...”

“When Jackie found something she really liked, she’d astutely buy it in several colors.”

“She knew enough to take a few steps back from the relationship when things got particularly combustive.”

“People have too many theories about raising children. I believe simply in love, security, and discipline.”

“If you suffer misfortune … do you damnedest to ignore it. Wallowing in what-might-have-beens and what-could have-happeneds will only keep your emotional wounds festering.”

“Don’t waste your time with life diminishing people, seek the company of life enhancing people.”

“Children grow away from busy parents because busy parents grow way from the children.”

“Be very suspicious of anyone who does not have books at home or in the office, or who stammers when you ask them about the last thing they read.”

“A true classicist also keeps up with the times, cycling looks in and around the basics of her wardrobe – things such as trench coats, designer denim, knee boots, and big totes bags – items that invariably return to style time and again.”

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