In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.

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In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.

Charles H. Revson

1976

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1976

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Charles H. Revson

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Revson, Charles. Quoted in Fire and Ice: The Story of Charles Revson, the Man Who Built the Revlon Empire, written by Andrew P. Tobias. ‎William Morrow & Co., 1976, ch. 8.

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