Lapo Elkann Quotes
I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather with a pair of Tsubi jeans or wear a favorite pin-striped suit from him for more formal occasions. I'm crazy about pinstripes and vintage fifties fabrics.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I have a secret love of jazz.
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Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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A friend got me a job on the door of the Camden Palace nightclub, which quickly progressed to running the place.
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DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
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I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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We all have original ideas. Even if we don't see ourselves as supercreative or as wild nonconformists, we have insights every day about how the world around us could be better. It might be a better way of running meetings in your office that would be less mind-numbing. It might be a little twist on a product or a service.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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I lived in New York for seven years, although I was always in denial about it. Even though I had an apartment there, I always pretended I was just visiting. I do love New York. But I'm a Londoner at heart.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.
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There are too many people around keeping me grounded to go off the rails. I'm my own person.
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
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Honestly I'm not a huge TV person. The only show that I've seen every episode of is 'Pretty Little Liars.' It's my favorite show. I wish I could get into other shows, but I just don't have time!
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I used to write poems more when I was younger, but I haven't in a long time. I just write ideas and paragraphs and go from there.
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More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two sides to Steve Jobs: the romantic, poetic, countercultural rebel on one side, and the serious businessperson on the other.
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I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of crazy characters and dress up.
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I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather with a pair of Tsubi jeans or wear a favorite pin-striped suit from him for more formal occasions. I'm crazy about pinstripes and vintage fifties fabrics.
