Emilia Wickstead Quotes
I have clients from 19 to 80 years old, and the way I work means that they can take the same dress and shorten, lengthen it, remove the sleeve, adjust details - and make it their own. They get a piece that is right for them. It's a clever way of shopping in this economy.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people.
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I've always liked this idea that writing should comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable to create trouble. The value of a work of art can be measured by the harm spoken of it. If you're not feeling that, then absolutely, why bother?
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May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.
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I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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I have clients from 19 to 80 years old, and the way I work means that they can take the same dress and shorten, lengthen it, remove the sleeve, adjust details - and make it their own. They get a piece that is right for them. It's a clever way of shopping in this economy.
