Raf Simons Quotes
If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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We take the show very seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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We show our faces to support the billions of young people who suffer a lack of education. We show our faces to honour the potential of every young individual on this planet.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.
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In this business, my business, I get to meet all kinds of incredible people, fascinating people, glamorous people and sexy people and highly intellectual people. And you meet them and you go 'interesting, interesting, interesting'. They're interesting, but not very many people stop you in your tracks.
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I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer screen! I never touch coffee or other caffeinated drinks.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
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I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get the whole spectrum of tones out of it. Since I normally play so hard, when I start picking a bit softer my tone changes completely, and that's really useful sometimes for creating a more laid-back feel.
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I just try to keep an open mind, and that's the way a lot of good things happen.
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The thought of having a kid stricken with cancer just floored me. My children are everything to me.
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Writers need to learn their trade, and how to negotiate the increasingly difficult marketplace. The trade can be taught and learned just as the craft can. But a workshop where the trade is the principal focus of interest is not a writing workshop. It is a business class.
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When I had a record deal in the '90s, that was my dream - to make an album like Barbra Streisand's Broadway album - and they laughed me out of the room. Broadway wasn't cool. But artists like Michael Buble and Josh Groban have brought the classic genre back to the forefront, so I'm trying to find my way inside that market.
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If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.
