Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
There was a moment when designers draped in ermine would be reading Proust, or pretending to.
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I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.
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I own a Hangman jumper, which looks like a scarf, but that's what it's called. It cost a fortune, but it was worth it.
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If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.
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I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.
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Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
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The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at the mouth of the Columbia River.
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Ben & Jerry's is an indulgent dessert that should be eaten in moderation. You should not be replacing more than one meal a day with ice cream. We do not consider a pint or a tub of ice cream to be a single serving.
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Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.
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I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very young age. And reading seemed to naturally progress to writing.
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Pretending that there are no choices to be made - reading only books, for example, which are cheery and safe and nice - is a prescription for disaster for the young.
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I guess the biggest surprise I got going to Iran was that the Iranians really liked me as an American.
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There was a moment when designers draped in ermine would be reading Proust, or pretending to.
