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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Old, Natural, Admiration

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
Benjamin Disraeli

Faith, Great, Art

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
Carl Sandburg

Two, Before, Since

I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross.
Avril Lavigne

Black, Big, House

My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.
Calvin Klein

Shoes, Clothes, Brothers

I still like my antique clothes.
Barbra Streisand

I'm the oldest antique in town.
Norman Rockwell

My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
Florence Welch

Strange, Big, Used

I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that.
Paul Lynde

Beautiful, Wine, Silver

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.
John Hodgman

Time, Reading, Books

What I enjoy doing more than anything is, I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars. I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway. The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
Alan Jackson

Car, Down, Through

When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.
Ursula Andress

Country, Looking, Flea

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.
Arne Jacobsen

Understand, Sense, Hand

You have to fight against being an antique.
Burt Lancaster

Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.
Ursula Andress

Good, Try, Around

In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.
William Robertson Smith

Religion, Place, Rules

I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.
Lance Loud

School, Woman, High

My buddy David Wells is a big motorcycle guy, so when I go visit him in San Diego, he takes me out on his bike. He's got some antique Indians. I never really rode during my career, because I was afraid I'd fall off and ruin my career.
David Cone

Career, Him, Big

I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
Malcolm Mclaren

Movies, Same, Film

Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom.
Cee Lo Green

Family, Down, Old

I've always been homeschooled, so doing it on set is kind of the same thing. My mom makes it very interactive - we'll get a book on chocolate and learn how to make it, or she will buy antique items. I love military history, the mechanics and strategy of it.
Atticus Shaffer

Love, History, Mom

I love hats! I collect vintage ones - I find them at antique shops in Kansas.
Lindsey Wixson

Love, Find, Vintage

I'm really into antiques. But really into it because of my father, who got me into them in the first place. He's an interior designer and he's really into going to antique shows and getting up really early on Sundays and driving out to these weird little towns north of Hamilton.
Kathleen Robertson

Father, Place, Getting

I wear a lot of different jewellery. I love to look for it when I'm abroad or if I find a great antique or vintage shop.
Lily Donaldson

Love, Great, Different

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