Christian Siriano Quotes
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I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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I've never worked in advertising - my experience was as an editorial designer for magazines - but you could say, in the bigger picture, that magazines are vehicles for colour advertising.
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The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
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I grew up outside of Boston in a town called Manchester by the Sea, and we spent our summers in Nantucket.
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I start a lot of things and purposely leave them unfinished. When I have a bunch of really long emails, and I need time to think about the response, I'll actually start replying, leave them as drafts, and move onto something else mid-sentence.
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I don't let many things that are superficial keep me in a box.
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After the oil crisis of 1973, many European countries tightened restrictions on immigrants. By then, millions of Muslims had decided to settle in Europe, preferring the social segregation and racial discrimination they found in the West to political and economic turmoil at home.
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If I'm dancing, or teaching, or having a family I would want to live life to the fullest as possible.
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To a great experience one thing is essential - an experiencing nature.
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What a glorious morning is this!
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No one ever died from smoking marijuana, but millions of people have died by believing politicians. So why is marijuana outlawed while politicians are still legal?
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Men are still playing protector of women’s transitions, and both sexes expect only men to make transitions on their own.
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Music is like a language: you cannot understand it unless you learn it, or more accurately, are born into it.
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Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.
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It's not manufacturers trying to rip anybody off or anything like that. There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of.
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No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even a simple thought. This thought or incident grows, and the story slowly unfolds itself. You have time to find your premise in the mass of your material later. The important thing is to find it.
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I use writing as a counselling session - recently I've written a song for Paloma Faith, so after being a singer, I'm happy to keep writing for other people.
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When you create an economy where you subsidize corporate profits through a welfare program and food stamps in order to keep wages low in some perverse pursuit of 'competiveness,' than you reap the fruits of the anger that you sow.
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Everything I wear is a do and everything else is a don't!
