Chris Jordan Quotes
I know that if I were to take ugly photographs, no one would be interested in looking at them.
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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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No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
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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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The feminist spirit still lives! It shows most boldly among younger women from the millennial generation.
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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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Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
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'The Pushcart War' is presented as a history of a conflict that has not yet taken place; in each edition of the book, the date on which the hostilities commenced is nudged forward.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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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'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.
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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 still care a lot about my personal style, and since moving to New York and having a little more control over my own money, I've been able to make my 12-year-old fashion nerd dream comes true.
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On my 100th birthday, piloting Gordon and myself into the side of a mountain.
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I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.
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Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Clarke's Law of Revolutionary Ideas: Every revolutionary idea - in science, politics, art, or whatever - seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases:(1) 'It's completely impossible - don't waste my time';(2) 'It's possible, but it's not worth doing';(3) 'I said it was a good idea all along.'
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Qué te he dado, lo sé. Qué has recibido, no lo sé.
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As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.
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All I am is what I'm going after.
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If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
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Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.
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When you have a big, ugly problem, there's never going to be a neat, elegant solution that is totally painless or without a cost.
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Stay beautiful, keep it ugly
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I know that if I were to take ugly photographs, no one would be interested in looking at them.
