Berry Gordy Quotes
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I'm happier on the runway than I am on the red carpet. Because then I am not being myself. I think, on the red carpet, it's a weird, like, 'Who am I? Am I me? Am I them?'
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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Webster and I are very aloof. The two of us go and sit there by ourselves. I sit by myself in the corner with my book and the newspaper. He kind of runs around a little bit, and then he goes and sits on top of the picnic table. He never plays with other little dogs.
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A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.
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Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often enough.
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I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them had in common?' They had too much time on their hands. Even though they were pretty, they lacked something. A woman could be less attractive but with ambition and drive, that's the most beautiful thing.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.
Nastassja Kinski -
Women are amazing lovers.
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I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.
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Twenty years from now if there is some obscure Trivial Pursuit question, I am confident I will be the answer.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.
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When I close my eyes to draw I always think Chicago in 1975.
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I just don't think it's appropriate talking about family stuff publicly.
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I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.
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I come from a cycling background. I happened to be good at it; the opportunities came my way. It wasn't something I necessarily searched to be involved in; it wasn't a dream. I just had an opportunity which you couldn't refuse.
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The mentality is always to win.
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
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Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.
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The idea behind fast food is great - people want convenience.
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There is something about the way that Greek poets, say Aeschylus, use metaphor that really attracts me. I don't think I can imitate it, but there's a density to it that I think I'm always trying to push towards in English.
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If I settle a case out of court, it's because I love the person.
