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They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.
Joyce Grenfell
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"They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them."
— Joyce Grenfell

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They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them. — Joyce Grenfell

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Joyce Grenfell was a Actress from United Kingdom (1910–1979).

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This quote is attributed to Joyce Grenfell, a Actress from United Kingdom.
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Joyce Grenfell lived from 1910 – 1979.