Diego Della Valle Quotes
I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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Many people think that being a graphic designer means going to an expensive art school and buying expensive software that will cost you thousands of dollars. This is so far from the truth. There are hundreds of online education centers that offer top-notch graphic design training.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.
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I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode.
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The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
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My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's.
