Matthew Williamson Quotes
I'm continually inspired by nature, and the rainbow is one of nature's greatest optical phenomenons. The sighting of a rainbow never fails to bring a smile to people's faces. They signify optimism and positivity: with them comes the sunshine after the rain.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge, this is a high climb, the bar is pretty steep,' then I wouldn't have gone to the academy. I wouldn't have become an aircraft carrier pilot. I wouldn't have become a Navy SEAL for sure. And I probably wouldn't have applied to Harvard.
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.
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But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death.
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With modelling, you go somewhere for 24 hours and you don't even see the city, you don't talk to people or see the culture.
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A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.
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I first moved to Denver to work with a group called YWAM, 'Youth With a Mission.' I was a kid - I was 18 - and did some work with homeless people. Really, trying to convert people is sort of an awful position to find yourself in, so I quickly, on my own, grew out of religious ideas.
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My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.
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I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.
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Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.
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If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right.
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Some people go to the West and claim they are gays and that their lives are at risk in the Gambia, in order for them to be granted a stay in Europe.
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When people say this isn't the America they grew up in, they're right. Nobody gets to grow old in the America they grew up in.
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Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.
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I'm so convinced that hiking helps my writing that I recently decided to offer a series of hiking-writing workshops to see if others had the same experience.
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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
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We need to encourage young women to find what they love to do. That is a very valuable pursuit - more so than the pursuit of a boyfriend. When you have that core, you bring that core to every aspect of your life.
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I'm continually inspired by nature, and the rainbow is one of nature's greatest optical phenomenons. The sighting of a rainbow never fails to bring a smile to people's faces. They signify optimism and positivity: with them comes the sunshine after the rain.
