Lapo Elkann Quotes
I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want him to succeed. They will make more of an effort to bring him down.
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I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.
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I'd really love to work with Quentin Tarantino. There's so many people that I'd love to work with, but there's something about Quentin, and one of my all-time favorite films is 'Kill Bill.' Something along those lines would be such a blast.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realise the structure is exactly the same.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
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If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.
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I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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When I'm on the red carpet, most people say, 'Who the hell is that?' It's downright embarrassing.
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I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others.
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The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an evening with. I never see them as bad people.
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It is important not to trust people too much.
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I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.
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Any major hair change comes with unpredictable and often unfiltered reactions.
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Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of health.
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I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it.
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Your character, Apollon Zamp, is marred by a certain paltriness of spirit, a diffused universal distrust which I truly deplore.
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I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want him to succeed. They will make more of an effort to bring him down.
