Kerby Jean-Raymond Quotes
Think about how much fashion profits from black culture and how underrepresented we are in the industry. If you insist on using black celebrities to peddle your merchandise and add a cool factor to your front row, it is indecent to not care about the plights of that person's community.
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There's such a strong community element in country - it's like a family. So I don't want to do anything that can come off, even if I'm not intentionally doing it, as giving the perception that I'm trying to abandon that family.
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I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
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High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.
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Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool.
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We live in a culture that's been hijacked by the management consultant ethos. We want everything boiled down to a Power Point slide. We want metrics and 'show me the numbers.' That runs counter to the immensely complex nature of so many social, economic and political problems. You cannot devise an algorithm to fix them.
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Fantasy is sort of a blank slate that everybody can project their own culture onto. Everybody can read it in their own way.
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It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.
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I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.
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I owe my career to Latina women. I was surrounded by the amazing group: my mother, my aunts, my extended family. They didn't necessarily have access to high fashion, but they had great style and looked stunning naturally at every age.
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I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.
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Planned Parenthood is a pretty popular organization. Way more popular than Congress! It claims that one in five women have received care from one of its clinics. And this care, despite what abortion opponents say, is excellent and not easily replaceable by 'community health centers.' Texas tried it, and thousands of women went without care.
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Indians felt despondent about Indian governance. Changing that atmosphere of gloom was a very challenging task, and I faced many difficulties in rectifying the situation and bringing back confidence and hope.
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When I was young, for some reason, I thought a postman's job was quite cool, and once, I even contemplated becoming a lawyer. Finally, I decided to dabble in something creative like fashion designing or photography. Till I joined college, I had no clue that one day, I will face the camera.
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The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.
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No one likes doing primate experiments, but some research can only be done on monkeys.
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I get a guest on the air, and they're weird or strange, and I help them tell their story. I don't laugh at them. I listen.
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But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.
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Think about how much fashion profits from black culture and how underrepresented we are in the industry. If you insist on using black celebrities to peddle your merchandise and add a cool factor to your front row, it is indecent to not care about the plights of that person's community.
