Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
If someone gives me a to-do list, I say 'thank you, this is nice.' One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
Quotes to Explore
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Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.
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I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity.
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Where you record is very important. It can't be too nice, it can't be too expensive, it can't have a view to an ocean or a field.
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I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
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This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
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Hiking is something that I really, really like to do. It's distracting, you're in nature, and you get a nice workout that way. I would tell everyone to hike as much as they can - you just feel so much better when you get outdoors. I'm also into yoga.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
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We tried every single way of giving birth. It didn't work. I wasn't too crazy about having to do a C-section and take all the drugs. Finally, I just had to be like, 'Let it go.'
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To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.
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I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice.
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If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.
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The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows.
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American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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Your 'frog' should be the most difficult item on your things-to-do list, the one where you're most likely to procrastinate; because, if you eat that first, it'll give you energy and momentum for the rest of the day.
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Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.
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Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
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If someone gives me a to-do list, I say 'thank you, this is nice.' One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
