Mary Quant Quotes
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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!
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I'm an old trial lawyer.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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My favourite flowers are English country roses - I had a bouquet of them for my wedding.
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Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them.
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Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.
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There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.
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I believe that if it were possible to scrap the whole of existing literature, all writers would find themselves inevitably producing something very close to SF ... No other form of fiction has the vocabulary of ideas and images to deal with the present, let alone the future.
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We live in diverse communities with all sorts of people from all sorts of different backgrounds. The more our entertainment can be a reflection of the world we live in, the better it is for all of us.
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We had a saying at Blockbuster: 'If you don't come in on Saturday, don't bother coming in on Sunday.' We worked hard.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.
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The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years.
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I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we.
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I think I have to expand my creativity a bit, because it's difficult for critics to be, "Oh, this person writes their own lyrics and sometimes writes their own beats and sometimes makes her own videos." They funnel me through, "Oh, is it as good as blah-blah's record, which has had 50 million writers on it?"
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We have to be role models. We have to be curious. Above all, we have to pay attention and be part of the conversation while our kids are still listening to us.
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I have been on a diet since 1962.
