Iris Apfel Quotes
You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.Iris Apfel
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
Carl Lewis -
I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
Sam Raimi -
Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
Nancy Pelosi -
I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening.
Tammy Duckworth -
I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
Zoe McLellan -
Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
Ian Lustick
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A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.
Palaniappan Chidambaram -
Growing up in Ireland, there never seemed to be the notion that children should be seen and not heard. We all looked forward to mealtimes when we'd sit around the table and talk about our days. Storytelling and long, rambling conversations were considered good things.
Maeve Binchy -
I don't like attacking.
Barbara Bush -
Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.
Ibrahim Babangida -
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi -
I do suspect that this world is hell.
Francesca da Rimini
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Here in Indiana and in many states throughout the union, we rely on coal to power our homes and provide good-paying middle class jobs - like the one my family relied on when I was a kid. The coal mine helped put food on our table and helped me pursue an education and realize the American Dream.
Larry Bucshon -
It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
Owen Hart -
On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.
Ramez Naam -
I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.
Felicity Jones -
Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. These included every layer of Scottish society, not just the remnants of the defeated clans.
Tariq Ali -
There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.
Gary Cole
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
Gavin Newsom -
The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.
Taylor Lautner -
I don't like to talk about girlfriend stuff. It's not necessary. I try to keep my relationships separate from everything else.
Orlando Bloom -
When you read a script, you get a feeling from it.
Sasha Alexander -
You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
Iris Apfel