Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Horne
“I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.” – Lena Horne “I don’t have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I’d become. I’m me, and I’m like nobody else.” – Lena Horne “Always be smarter than the people who hire you.” – Lena Horne “You have to be taught to be second class; you’re not born that way.” – Lena Horne 0
Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Welch
“Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.” -Raquel Welch “We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.” -Raquel Welch “I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn’t bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can’t buy love.” -Raquel Welch “I couldn’t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch – understand?” -Raquel Welch (Don’t you just love those boudoir slippers? Click here to see more.) 1
Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Bailey
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” – Pearl Bailey “Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.” – Pearl Bailey “I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.” – Pearl Bailey 0
Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Gardner
“I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.” – Ava Gardner 0
