Mary Quant Quotes
I didn't get fat even when I was pregnant. You have to work very hard at staying slim, and it's a bore. But it's worth it.
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When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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I don't think it's good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don't want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sappy, that fire in their eyes.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
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I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
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My mother always cultivated my imagination from the time I was very little.
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I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.
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When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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I didn't get fat even when I was pregnant. You have to work very hard at staying slim, and it's a bore. But it's worth it.
