John Fairchild Quotes
People say 'Women's Wear' is a scandalous, gossipy publication. Sure we have gossip; we also have some very, very solid business stories. We are a creation of this business, which is fast, mean, tough, sometimes artistic, sometimes horrible.

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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
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Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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When the women's movement started in the 1960s, there was a vision of a future where women didn't wear makeup or worry about how their hair looked, and everybody wore sensible, comfortable clothes. It ran into an absolute brick wall.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.
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I'm disregarding all the rules I've seen as people approach writing music. I'm trying to break them.
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When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women.
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I stopped caring what people thought.
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It turns out that the killer application for virtual reality is other human beings. Build a world that people want to inhabit, and the inhabitants will come.
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The doctor I would want for myself or for anyone else I cared about would be one who understands that disease is more than just a clinical entity; it is an experience and a metaphor, with a message that must be listened to.
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I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.
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My wife and I got engaged in New Hampshire at this lake house that her family's had forever, and it's on Lake Winnipesaukee. And so we went there every summer as we were dating.
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People say 'Women's Wear' is a scandalous, gossipy publication. Sure we have gossip; we also have some very, very solid business stories. We are a creation of this business, which is fast, mean, tough, sometimes artistic, sometimes horrible.