Mary Quant Quotes
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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I'm sure lots of actors and creative people go through this, where you have some weeks where it's all going according to plan and some weeks where you're super frustrated.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat - he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
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I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.
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People, when they come up to me, are like, 'Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp?' And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.
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Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence.
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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
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I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.
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I'm on Twitter. I created my account for my fans, and I do respond back once in a while, because they're so great.
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I was interested in music and making movies about musicians, but my own experiences, and doing what it felt like for me to be a drummer? Nah, I wasn't interested in that.
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The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.
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Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity; there is no cure for this but experience, if indeed there is any cure for it at all.
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Secular culture, with the aid of psychoanalysis, has continued the old Christian habit of observing the self only to criticize it.
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I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.
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I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is beginning.
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What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material.
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In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really like.
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When I first started, they were trying to get me into sitcoms - I think because I had that kind of Wonder Bread look and my hair always went into place. I kept saying, 'I'm not good at sitcoms. I don't know how to do that.'
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A woman is as young as her knees.
