Iris Apfel Quotes
I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.
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I get homesick.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
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Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.
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I would love to someday do a play. I did one when I was very young in San Francisco, where I grew up. A girl can dream.
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So long as you've got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don't really have to care what everyone else thinks.
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Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
