Peter Nygard Quotes
When I'm creating, that's my heaven. If I haven't designed something every day, it is a failed day - that's how much I love fashion.
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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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I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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A good leader must be fair.
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As a physician, I know many doctors want to utilize new technology, but they find the cost prohibitive.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it's harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the future, hopefully it will all pay off.
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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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If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
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As we were developing 'Umbral', and I was delving into the mythology and legends, I had a sudden realisation. 'Wasteland' is about people who fervently believe new myths and legends, but they turn out to be false; whereas 'Umbral' is about people who reject ancient myths and legends, but they turn out to be true!
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Cornell changed my life; getting in there was one of my pinnacle moments.
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Let her (Truth) and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
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Sometimes indifference can be so erotic. I think the people who are most dismissive of you get the most of your attention.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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When I'm creating, that's my heaven. If I haven't designed something every day, it is a failed day - that's how much I love fashion.
