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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It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.
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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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I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.
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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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As I get older, the present and the past shift and become the past and the future... A lot of it is a new awareness of time and life and the wheel of fortune crushing you and lifting you and crushing you and lifting you.
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It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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Achievements are precious and timeless, just like the precious metal platinum. And what better way to celebrate milestones in your life than with precious platinum.
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I make an effort to keep it as real as I possibly can.
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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.
