Olivier Theyskens Quotes
In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
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Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers.
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It would be incredible to work with Stanley Kubrick and go back in time.
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I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.
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It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
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Every idea has its time.
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Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.
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Fashion is anything which is you and reflects your personality, and if you are comfortable with what you wearing, you'll look trendy and fashionable for sure.
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I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.
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In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.
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You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
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Getting older doesn't bother me. When I was 30, I thought I should have achieved more, but you get more comfortable and think it's time to stop putting pressure on yourself.
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I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
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Unlike the time sink of binge-watching a TV series, podcasts actually made me more efficient. Practically every dull activity - folding laundry, applying makeup - became tolerable when I did it while listening to a country singer describing his hardscrabble childhood, or a novelist defending her open marriage.
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As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.
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I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much as possible.
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Swimming upon water teaches men how birds do upon the air.
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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
