Florentijn Hofman Quotes
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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I am always locked in my design studio.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Most of my stuff, I never really watch.
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting. So I think I've still got to learn a little bit more and to pick up a few more tips, I suppose.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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Meditation helps me to calm down.
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The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.
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In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.
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Famously, Anne Boleyn was not a beauty: she was more about quirkiness and an innate sensuality, and there are a lot of references to her eyes. Which sends out a great message for women, because life is not about the aesthetic all the time.
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I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress.
