Rei Kawakubo Quotes
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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You should never ask, 'What would the readers like now?' Instead, you should ask, 'What would I like if I was a reader?' And then you must trust your own mind.
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'Madden' is all about speed, and the Falcons have it on both sides of the ball. I love playing sports games. I played my PlayStation so much, I pretty much wore it out.
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Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale.
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So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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I was the first one to say that there could be comfortable, sexy shoes, and it's a big part of our brand.
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I never looked good in a bikini. My legs were too thin.
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You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
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What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.
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Change is never easy.
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I started off doing theater as a kid, and I always played a character. I hid behind the script and was told where to go. But to actually perform as yourself is very difficult. I didn't used to enjoy it, but now I do.
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As with Cesc Fabregas, some players who go and play for foreign clubs improve on a cultural level. It makes them grow on many levels; intellectually, because you have to learn a new language and adapt to another culture, and on a footballing level too.
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sub specie aeternitatis
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Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds.
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I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
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Here forms, here colours, here the character of every part of the universe are concentrated to a point; and that point is so marvellous a thing … Oh! marvellous, O stupendous Necessity - by thy laws thou dost compel every effect to be the direct result of its cause, by the shortest path. These are miracles...
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The bigger you get, the more pressure you have to deal with.
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It's the ultimate pinnacle of stand-up to have an hour on HBO, but way more people see Comedy Central, and they've been good to me.
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Anthony and I are putting together a company where we won't lose our jobs based on quarterly earnings and can afford to play a longer game. That short game is what creates a glut of mediocrity in the market because people are desperate for hits, and it puts so much pressure on executives to deliver them. We will take that pressure off the artists.
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I have a pretty lousy voice.
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I did Broadway shows. And I started realizing that this is actually how I'm going to make my living. So maybe I should try to do television and film and make a better living and get an occasional residual check so I can pay a mortgage someday.
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I grew up in a very strong, nuclear family. My father was a sportsman. He represented South Africa in a couple of sports, so he was a very positive person and someone who encouraged you to be your best and give your best with everything that you do.
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For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to be pretty.
