Didi Conn Quotes
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I'm just in love with Burberry. Always have been, always will be.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.
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I very rarely wear suits, and only make one or two per season, so it's about wanting exceptional clothes that don't feel stiff. Fabric and garment washing are a big part of my design process for that reason. Everything needs to feel lived-in and comfortable.
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I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.
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I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!
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At the Bauhaus, Klee exuded a healthy, generative atmosphere – as a great artist and as a lucid, pure human being.
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India is an old country, but a young nation; and like the young everywhere we are impatient. I am young, and I too have a dream. I dream of an India strong, independent and self-reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world in the service of mankind.
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'O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed.'The glacier knocks in the cupboard, The desert sighs in the bed, And the crack in the tea-cup opens A lane to the land of the dead.'
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When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.
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The mind-stuff is not spread in space and time. But we must presume that in some other way or aspect it can be differentiated into parts. Only here and there does it arise to the level of consciousness, but from such islands proceeds all knowledge. The latter includes our knowledge of the physical world.
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If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.
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I'm a chronic relapser. I guess I always will be.
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It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.
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Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.
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Every big-budget film is powered by a director's vision. I blindly follow the instructions of my director, believe in him, and deliver what he exactly wants from me.
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When you become first lady, it's like, 'O.K., now what do you do?'
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I say you play a part, you don't work one.
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I always tell actors, "Don't think of it as unemployment when you don't have a job. You have to think of it as being in preparation for your next job." You have to be always preparing for success.
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I was a big sports fan, and I had been closely monitoring Hank Aaron's home run totals since I was a kid playing on the sandlot adjacent to the Foundry and Machine Company in Batavia, Illinois.
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I've always liked older ladies. I'm comfortable with it. They seem to be nice. They've seen it all.
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I love working in the theater.
