Wisdom for the New Year from Women

 

With the start of the new year comes that time-honoured tradition - New Year's resolutions, when we are strong in our resolve to make the new year better, more successful, more exciting. In wishing you an abundant 2013, I would like to share some inspiring words of wisdom from women who ruled Hollywood once upon a time.

"To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labour, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life.  The money is the gravy" - Bette Davis

"The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track.  Don't let anyone deter you from that" - Eartha Kitt

"I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped.  Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it." - Audrey Hepburn 

"I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be prooud of that." -Lauren Bacall

"After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery.  Its better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe.  Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life." - Sophia Loren

 

 

Best wishes - may 2013 be your best year yet!

Doreen Pfeiffer 

 

 

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Fifty years ago, Breakfast at Tiffany's made its debut.  This iconic film went on to become one of the most romantic and beloved comedies of all time. 

Holly Golightly remained the most memorable role of Audrey Hepburn.

No one has managed to capture Hepburn's character, charisma and enigma with more visual eloquence than Bob Willoughby, who met her shortly afer she arrived in Hollywood in 1953.  He was mesmerized by her personality and continued to shoot her for more than ten years.

Willoughby wrote : "I really didn't know what to make of Audrey when I first saw her.  She certainly was not the typical image of a young starlet, for that was what I had been sent to photograph.  I watched her across the room and she did have something ... but I couldn't quite put my finger on it until I was finally introduced to her.  Then that radian smile hit me right between the eyes, warming me inside like a shot of whisky.  She exuded some magic warmth that was hers alone."