Harmony Korine Quotes

When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just because he was more athletic, like skateboarding.

Harmony Korine

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• The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.

  

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• I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
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• I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.

  

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• I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.

  

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• My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
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• It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

  

  Harold S. Geneen
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• I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.

  

  Ramez Naam
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• We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.

  

  H. R. McMaster
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• Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

  

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• I have a great support network - my family, my model agency Storm, and people I work with in the fashion industry. And, of course, there are all my followers on Twitter who stop me from feeling lonely; I love them all. They keep me grounded.

  

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• Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

  

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• It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.

  

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• Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.

  

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• The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.

  

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• I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.

  

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• Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.

  

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• To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

  

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• I'm not someone who wears shades all the time and ducks into a darkened car in case I'm recognized - that would be absolute misery.

  

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• I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time.

  

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• What keeps me motivated to create new music is the joy of songwriting. The joy of being creative. The joy of writing a poem or essay. Writing anything. I just love writing, whether it is music or words. I just didn't need to share it for the last 18 years. When you share it, it brings on other things, which is good.

  

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• When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just because he was more athletic, like skateboarding.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Always
  • Loved
  • Skateboarding