What I learned from reading Coco Chanel: Her Life, Her Secrets.

It is my work I am congratulated on, and to me, that's the only thing that counts (0:01)

I've been miserable in a life that from the outside seemed magnificent (4:15)

The maxims of Coco Chanel (6:43)

Coco on marketing (13:22)

Coco's early life (15:15)

My need for independence began to develop when I was very young. (18:53)

Coco Chanel at 20 (28:15)

the beginning of her empire (34:00)

I have nothing and I know I can do anything. (37:00)

relentlessly resourceful / a metaphor on how to create opportunity (41:04)

Coco goes to war for her profits - and wins (48:45)

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