Miuccia Prada Quotes
What you wear represents you to the world, especially now, when communication between people is so fast. Fashion is a universal language that everyone understands.
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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I think women have always been trying to look healthy. The makeup artists just teach you the quick cheats.
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Usually in features, I'm the lead. I consider the director the captain, but I consider myself the first mate, and it's up to me to keep in contact with the heart of the crew.
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I have a tendency, just because I'm an ambitious person, to get impatient with things and want them to be moving faster then they are.
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I love James Brown, and as a baby, I was always dancing to James Brown.
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The only art I have is a Polaroid from Peter Beard from his book. I shot with him four years ago, and he did a special Polaroid for me, so I consider it a piece of art.
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I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.
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Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.
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I'd like to dedicate this award to all the women before me that never had the chances that I've had, the survivors, the pioneers and the outcasts. My blood, my tradition. And I'd like to thank all the people in this industry who've respected my choices and have not been afraid of the power and dignity that that entitled me to.
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I think a lot of people want people who actually have qualities they don't find attractive as a way of being able to change them. It's fascinating, because people think if they can change the other person, they can change themselves. It's a complex phenomenon. It's a fantasy that's actually about being able to come to terms with ourselves.
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I just never really understood the reason I understood movies so well, and I didn't realize that me being such a people-watcher was even a gift at all.
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People never know how strong is their lust for being cheated.
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What you wear represents you to the world, especially now, when communication between people is so fast. Fashion is a universal language that everyone understands.
