Donna Karan Quotes
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
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Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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My personal style reflects my music. My music and how I dress is just how I express myself; it's just me. My music is urban pop, and my style of dressing is urban but still girly. I like that combination. The contrast is very nice.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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After six years at Le Cirque, I decided to start my own business. I opened Daniel at 76th Street in May '93.
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When I stopped eating meat, I fell in love with East Indian food - there's so much selection, and they use the most beautiful spices.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.
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Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged on Wall Street that original research is on life support. Serious research can be bad for business, as well as expensive.
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Mitt and his ilk are always saying, 'If only we ran the government more like a business.' No! Government is there specifically for the things that are not supposed to run like a business. Government is not supposed to make a profit.
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'Shun security,' I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. 'Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isn't agonizing enough. Your enemy is comfort.'
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Some people say they have a thirst for life. They're excited about every day and they're prepared to look the bad and the good straight in the face and greet it all with a smile. I like to think I'm one of those people.
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Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.
