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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As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusations of Communist taint, without factual basis; bogus lists of supposed Communists who never existed; failure in the end to produce even one provable Communist or Soviet agent, despite his myriad charges of subversion.
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All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
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I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.
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I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money more efficiently to realize positive goals for everyone.
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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.
