Olivier Theyskens Quotes
I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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My parents took me to see plays, starting from when I was very little. Oftentimes, I was too young to understand. I don't know what my parents were thinking - 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' when I was eight years old, that kind of thing. So lots of times, I didn't understand what was going on, but I just loved the sound of dialogue.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay is a completely different way of storytelling, and it has limitations.
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours.
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When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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Her name was called Lady Helena Herring and her age was 25 and she mated well with the earl.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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I've been a loner all the time throughout my life... I haven't been the best father... Many times... my children have accused me of not giving them enough attention. And, frankly, I never have been good at handling that.
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
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When I didn't become the quintessential Yash Chopra hero, I got into the 'struggle' period and became negative.
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Genre fiction was looked at as a ghetto, but I wonder now if realist fiction, sealing itself off in the glum suburbs of a dysfunctional society, denying the use of imagination, was the ghetto.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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My 50th birthday approaching felt like a big milestone to me. I've lived half a century. If I write about food and use my life as a fulcrum to move the story along, maybe I've lived long enough to fashion a narrative that has a happy ending.
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And if I'm being honest, I don't think I have an ex-boyfriend who would have something mean to say about me.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
