Frases de Brooke Astor

Brooke Astor fue una filántropa estadounidense perteneciente a la alta sociedad, quien fue la presidenta de la Fundación Astor, que había sido creada por su tercer marido, Vincent Astor, hijo de John Jacob Astor IV, y bisnieto del primer multi-millonario de los Estados Unidos, John Jacob Astor.

También fue una novelista y escribió dos volúmenes de memorias. Wikipedia

✵ 30. marzo 1902 – 13. agosto 2007

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Brooke Astor: Frases en inglés

“If I go up to Harlem or down to Sixth Street, and I’m not dressed up or I’m not wearing my jewelry, then the people feel I’m talking down to them.”

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“Money is like manure, it should be spread around.”

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“Today, we are all saddened by the loss of Brooke Astor, a quintessential New Yorker and one of the great philanthropists of our time. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers were the beneficiaries of Mrs Astor’s good will and kind nature, many unaware of the origins of the donations. Her contributions reached a wide variety of causes; The New York Public Library, and the entire city, would not be what they are today without her gracious support.”

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Brooke Astor, First Lady of New York, dies at 105 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2257401.ece Times Online (August 14, 2007)