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Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves.

Dave Eggers

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Affectation Collecting Cute Dignity Eccentric French Learning Like Scarves

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Dave Eggers
American - Writer
Born: March 12, 1970

For me, growing up in Detroit, scarves meant cold weather. But I remember working in a store, and we had some silk scarves - like, wide scarves with fringe - and because I had seen the English rockers wearing skinny silk scarves, I took the scarves, cut and sewed them, and made them long - almost like a tie.

John Varvatos

My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.

Estelle

Much like the French (or like ourselves, their apes),Who with strange habit do disguise their shapes;Who loving novels, full of affectation,Receive the manners of each other nation.

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

You couldn't buy any English authors or anything that came from America, like jeans. It was impossible. So we had to do our own clothes if we had weird ideas like wearing long scarves like the French people did. You had to knit them yourself.

Astrid Kirchherr

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

Fabrice Luchini

I'd been collecting eccentric moves since I was a kid and didn't even know that the dance step I improvised in 'Be Back Soon' was called a 'pas de basque.'

Ron Moody

Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I'd like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the two languages that I'd like to know.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

Mark Haddon

Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.

Nick Lowe

Once a date asked me what I do, so I said that my company empowers women in their dating lives. Her response? 'Aw, that's so cute!' Cute is how my babysitter described me when I was 7 years old. Simple fix: Replace cute with hot and he'll feel like James Bond.

Matthew Hussey

I have a wardrobe full of scarves now, just about every color under the sun. My trick is that I always cut them in two, down the middle. They're lighter, thinner, skinnier that way. And because I'm cheap, I get two scarves for the price of one.

Colum McCann

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.

Anna Held

My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.

Claire Danes

A good since of humor and someone who is loyal and cute-I like cute girls

Harry Styles

Learning to write . . . is a desperately idiosyncratic, eccentric, single-souled, lifelong quest.

Bret Lott

Could I see myself with a British boyfriend? Absolutely. The way they wear their pants is so cute. Guys don't do it in America. Their style is cute. I just feel like Brits are honest - period. And that's what I like.

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