Jean Paul Gaultier Quotes
Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.
Quotes to Explore
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
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'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
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I didn't want to be an accountant; I found myself being a banker, which was a bit different. I went to university, and I was going to do a Ph.D. in the States, but I didn't get the funding for it, so I had two years where I had a bit of a wobble and didn't really know what I wanted to do, and I ended up working as a banker.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.
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'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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My mom was on a soap opera for 40 years, so I know about love and romance.
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I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it. One doesn't study calculus before studying arithmetic. In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.
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All time is eternal, moving inexorably toward an end which we believe is a result of our actions, but over which our control is mere illusion.
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"Ego," sayest thou, and art proud of that word. But the greater thing - in which thou art unwilling to believe - is thy body with its big sagacity; it saith not "ego," but doeth it.
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Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.
