Olivier Theyskens Quotes
My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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The hypothesis that economic organization is the resultant of a series of historic accidents is intructive in that many organizational innovations appear to be the result of trial and error.
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Bitcoin is both disruptive from a technology perspective, but there's a tremendous power of social good behind it. So you can both build a cool business or have a great investment return, and there's the promise of potentially improving the remittance industry or banking the unbanked.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
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Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.
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No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.
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I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
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I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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There's only so many times you can read how ugly you are and how much people hate you.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.
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To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy world - that's why I got involved with Frum Tha Ground Up.
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My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
