Alice-Leone Moats Quotes
On Philadelphia society: The parties remind me of the Gay Nineties - the men are gay and the women are in their nineties.
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.
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We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.
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When you are clinically diagnosed with depression as a teenager, sometimes people don't understand it. You feel like you should be happy, especially when you have a very lucky upbringing, and you blame yourself.
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Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.
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There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
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I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.
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I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.
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The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.
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About once every four days, someone comes up to me and is like, 'Hey, I know you from somewhere.'
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I really don't look up to anybody that is doing that great in life, because I don't know their story.
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The townspeople outside the reservations had a very superior attitude toward Indians, which was kind of funny, because they weren't very wealthy; they were on the fringes of society themselves.
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Growing up, my mom had a catering business. I used to help her pretty early on and loved doing it. My mom is an amazing cook, and she helped me cultivate a love for food. She taught me that food can be beautiful. We eat not just for survival, but we survive to eat. It's part of who I am.
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On Philadelphia society: The parties remind me of the Gay Nineties - the men are gay and the women are in their nineties.
