Iris Apfel Quotes
I love high-end designers, but a head-to-toe designer look for me is extremely boring. I've always mixed it up.
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I always say: 'Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,' but some things make me question it. I don't know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that's really scary.
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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.
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It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.
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I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
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Life doesn't care about your vision. Stuff happens, and you've just got to deal with it. You roll with it; that's the beauty of it all.
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You have to be brave when you've got a kid.
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Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means if you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want to throw in a vampire and a lesbian unicorn while you're at it? Go ahead.
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I love high-end designers, but a head-to-toe designer look for me is extremely boring. I've always mixed it up.
