Francois Nars Quotes
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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In my 20s I was going round seeing agents who were patronising because I was fat and a girl, which was a double whammy. I knew what it was to feel out-of-the-loop.
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
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People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.
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Fashion is a way of not having to decide who you are. Style is deciding who you are and being able to perpetuate it.
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As opposed to thinking about ourselves as disrupting the fashion industry, we're thinking about ourselves more broadly - about disrupting the closet and how you get dressed.
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Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
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Now, honestly, every movie set that I go on, I walk onto set with the confidence that there is nothing that they can throw at me that's gonna surprise me.
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You are born with this love; fashion and beauty are a part of who I am.
