Katie Kitamura Quotes
Modern sport can be an ugly convergence of commerce and celebrity, but it still has the capacity to move a crowd.
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
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No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
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I remember going to the Gap when I was in the fifth grade, and I desperately wanted a pair of blue jeans. I was with my dad, and I remember picking up the jeans, looking at them, and thinking that they had to fit me. But there was nothing that fit me. This was before the age of stretch, so I was trying on adult Gap.
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I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
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I literally in the New York flea market - just when I was despairing of ever having a great serendipitous find - found a 1926 Chanel.
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I think I was a decent actor, but it took a lot of work for me to make a choice on how to read a line.
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When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
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A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
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We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt.
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I appreciate my international fans all over the world.
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Amiri Baraka went to Howard. Lucille Clifton went to Howard. Ossie Davis went to Howard. And I was aware of that when I was there. Charles Drew went to Howard. Thurgood Marshall went to the law school. Being aware of that and having all of that brought to bear, again, it's one of those things that I can't really separate from my career as a writer.
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I've seen so many scripts, and I want to do everything. Like with kiteboarding, you have to be fearless. I'm not scared.
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I always kind of think if The Beatles were still around now, people would've lost interest quite a long time ago. Seven years of recording - it's there forever. I think not outstaying your welcome is a vital ingredient.
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I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing».
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I like collecting fedoras. Whenever I go abroad for shows, I always look to buy one.
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Modern sport can be an ugly convergence of commerce and celebrity, but it still has the capacity to move a crowd.
