John Varvatos Quotes
I never wanted to be the face of the brand. You haven't seen me in my own ads. You don't see my logo all over my clothes. From the beginning, I wanted the clothes to stand on their own.
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My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
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In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.
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I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I think that the characters write themselves in some degree.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
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I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
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Yoga is a life-saver.
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I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.
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I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you are, you know, and what your place in life is.
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Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.
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If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
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I'm drawn in some strangely natural way to immersing myself in a milieu whose rules I don't understand, where there are things you can't access simply by being intelligent or doing well in school.
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If there is inequality, and that equates with colour, then I'm going to deal with it.
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I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
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I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.
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A people that has licked a more formidable enemy than Germany or Japan, primitive North America . . . a country whose national motto has been "root, hog, or die."
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I never wanted to be the face of the brand. You haven't seen me in my own ads. You don't see my logo all over my clothes. From the beginning, I wanted the clothes to stand on their own.
