Iris Apfel Quotes
Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.
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Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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I work in a very contained environment, usually.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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I adore Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs. Eddie was the only one who called me when they were doing 'American Reunion' and told me, 'You need to do this.'
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I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.
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What an extraordinary thing it can be, love, how it will not defined by gender, by sexuality, by race, by religion, by anything. It's something else. It's something other.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered.
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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
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When I started giving talks about women's history, one of the things that bothered me was the tendency to say, 'Well, everybody was totally oppressed and suddenly in 1964 we rose up, got our freedom, and here we are.' It dismisses the women who fought for rights for several hundred years of our history up to that point.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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The greatest power is often simple patience.
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I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
