Alexander Isley Quotes
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Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
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Borderline embarrassing fact: I used to have a pseudo line when I was seven called Zizzy Fashion. I love clothing, and I would eventually like to design as well as act.
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Your body is a machine. Learn the right way to take care of it.
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Good investors must learn to contextualize the daily background noise.
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For me, there are always things to learn. It's like the next movie is going to be the good one, you know.
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When I read about genetics, I see breakthroughs every day. And while I'm trying to learn more about behavioral science, I must say that I don't feel I get tremendous intellectual stimulation from most of the things I read.
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About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
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I love people, watching people interact. It's a lot of psychology. We learn about ourselves by watching other people's lives on the screen.
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Everybody after Fukushima had to reassess the safety of nuclear. When I set out to design a reactor, I knew it had to be passive and intrinsically safe.
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Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment.
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The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.
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I stay around the young boys in the studio; I want to learn from them, and at the same time, I have a lot to offer them.
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When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.
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When North Koreans cross the border into China, they are stunned to learn that the Chinese can afford to eat rice daily, sometimes for three meals daily.
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I love road trips. If you haven't been on one in a while, it's time to put a trip on your calendar. Driving can help clear the cobwebs of your mind, and you can learn a lot about your fellow Americans while you're at it.
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Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.
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I'm interested in technology for the masses. Good tech design should not just be for enthusiasts but for the general public. It should be something that touches everyone.
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Design, to me, is part psychology, part sociology, and part magic. A good decorator should know what's going on in someone's marriage and how their kids are doing in school.
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I like to design funky things, and I love to mix prints and patterns together.
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Learn to be pleased with everything...because it could always be worse, but isn't!
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I don't mind failing, because I see it as an opportunity to try again and eventually succeed. Having this attitude and sharing it with young girls encourages them.
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There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
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You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?
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Good design encourages a viewer to want to learn more.
