Sara Blakely Quotes
The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel against it.
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There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.
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Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
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Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance.
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I have faith in my imperfections!
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I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.
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I've heard expressions like, 'Are you good in bed?' What does that even mean? For me, good in bed means sleeping seven hours. Undisturbed! If I get eight hours, that means I'm amazing!
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The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel against it.
