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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I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.
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I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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I have been getting offers from international artistes for collaboration all across the globe, but I prefer to work with Indian artistes.
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There is nothing there. What you see is not what you see. What you see is nothing. Nothing but shapes, lines, colors. What you see is whats in your mind. What you see is something somebody told you to look for. Look out for anything you see! Watch it! Watch out! Take care! Don’t leap before you look out.
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I know that if I were to take ugly photographs, no one would be interested in looking at them.
