Alexandra Byrne Quotes

I think color, for a costume designer, is one of your biggest storytelling devices.

Alexandra Byrne

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• There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.

  

  Sam Reed
  • People
  • Think
  • Party

• This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.

  

  Flume
  • Life
  • Up
  • Job

• We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Parents
  • Know
  • Regret

• It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • Family
  • Bad
  • Difficult

• I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.

  

  Ted Allen
  • Time
  • Good
  • America

• I'm the kind of person that if I try to throw it hard, it doesn't come out as good. So my whole thought process is to stay smooth, stay on top of the ball, and just get my hand out in front.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Good
  • Hand
  • Thought

• Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.

  

  Madhur Mittal
  • You
  • Wonder
  • Film

• I would rather listen to plays in the car than read them.

  

  Garry Wills
  • Car
  • Listen
  • Rather

• It is the central bank governor, unlike other regulators or government secretaries, who has command over significant policy levers and has to occasionally disagree with the most powerful people in the country.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • People
  • Country
  • Government

• I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • People
  • Movie
  • Think

• My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • Different
  • Literature
  • Humor

• With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.

  

  Edith Head
  • Women
  • Stars
  • Caring

• I have never savored life with such gusto as I do now.

  

  Candice Bergen
  • Life
  • Never
  • Now

• Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.

  

  L.A. Reid
  • Music
  • Popular
  • Changes

• It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Today

• There are certain myths that have persisted throughout the ages, and this one has remained very potent in modern culture. The Arthurian cycle involves numerous kinds of relationships, not only between men but also between men and women. In our rather less structured society nowadays defining these relationships can sometimes be difficult.

  

  C. J. Cherryh
  • Men
  • Women
  • Society

• Union Square Cafe is all soul, not brain.

  

  Danny Meyer
  • Soul
  • Brain

• For me, having a balance between work and personal life is very important.

  

  Martin Garrix Area21
  • Life
  • Work
  • Important

• Fashion is this obsessive narrative that people don't understand but they can't stop looking at.

  

  Rita Ora
  • People
  • Stop
  • Fashion

• Finally, let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.

  

  Bernie Sanders
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• We do not owe allegiance to any candidate because they share our party or our color, but because they share our principles and our conscience.

  

  Benjamin Todd Jealous
  • Party
  • Color

• As an individual, and I have to say as a person of color, the thing about being an 'other' in America is I really feel like you're bilingual. I'm from a small town in Wisconsin, but even when I'm in New York and I'm working for MSNBC or CNN, you're used to being the only black person in the room.

  

  John Ridley
  • America
  • Black
  • Small

• You're fourteen years old. You've only had that hair for fourteen years and you want to change it already! How bored are you going to be with it by the time you are thirty? What color will you be up to by then?

  

  Louise Rennison
  • Up
  • Time
  • Hair

• I think color, for a costume designer, is one of your biggest storytelling devices.

  

  Alexandra Byrne
  • Color
  • Storytelling
  • Devices