Mary Quant Quotes
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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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My favourite flowers are English country roses - I had a bouquet of them for my wedding.
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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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This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer.
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Why do people sit up so late, or, more rarely, get up so early? Not because the day is not long enough, but because they have no time in the day to themselves.
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You can't hold up a blog; you can hold up a magazine.
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The Chinese economy's still not that much of a consumer economy.
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It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.
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Im concerned about the cost, just like everybody else. Theres no question that we have an obligation to help the people of Louisiana and Mississippi to rebuild.
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For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage of inevitability, the assumption that different outcomes lay beyond the limits of the possible.
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We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.
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I didn't like when people said that actresses have shelf life.
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I have been on a diet since 1962.
