Valentino Garavani Quotes
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Homosexuals are riding high in the media.
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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The glorification of sisters, mothers as the selfless Indian women who will do 'agni pariksha' and the one who sees her own betterment only in the betterment of their husbands and fathers, that has to stop. It's very regressive.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.
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A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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You want people who choose to follow because they genuinely believe in ideas, not because they're afraid to be punished if they don't. For startups, there's so much pivoting that's required that if you have a bunch of sheep, you're in bad shape.
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I just wanted to see my people smile. Brazillian people suffer so much. I just wanted them to smile
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I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?'
