Francisco Costa Quotes
I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.
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I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.
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I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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I had to deal with being somewhat of an outcast because it's not socially acceptable to be a struggling musician. There have been times where I've felt sorry for the person I was dating. I felt she deserved better.
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I loved the challenge of being able to take a character who could be thrown away as 'crazy' and making her identifiable to the audience - also, to give her a vulnerability that people would cheer for.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time; there has obviously been a shared energy between those two languages.
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The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.
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Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
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We cannot, with good conscience, expect the British to set up an orderly schedule for the liberation of India before we have decided for ourselves to make all who live in America free.
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I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later.
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I'd like to win an Oscar.
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I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
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I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations.
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Do not wave stick when trying to catch dog.
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I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
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I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.
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What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.
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Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.
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My dad sacrificed his relationship with me so I'd be stronger for it. But I could never do it to my kids - I like to have a happy relationship with them.
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Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.
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I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.
