Philip Treacy Quotes
Women come into our shop for that ultimate moment in their life. They're buying a dream. They're buying a moment for themselves. That's what I sell - moments.
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We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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Sometimes I feel like I have a dozen different people inside of me. I've always been that way, and I've always written stuff down.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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The Federal Reserve is incapable of accomplishing its stated objectives.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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I was born in Somalia, which is in East Africa. My parents started with nothing: poor, poor, poor. They eloped, which was unheard of in my country, when my father was 17 and my mother was 14.
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I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.
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We hunger for connection to a larger community.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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An army marches on its stomach.
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My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.
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Women come into our shop for that ultimate moment in their life. They're buying a dream. They're buying a moment for themselves. That's what I sell - moments.
