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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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.
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I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
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If a child is born and raised in a home that is loving and nurturing, where there is complete truth about who we are, you can’t give a child any greater place from which to fly.
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There's a huge part of me that's thinking about perfection. I have to fight that urge, to try to live in the moment, reach for something that I might be hearing, and not second-guess myself.
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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.
