Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
I like imagination -- and the way I think things could be, had been, or should be -- better than reality.
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People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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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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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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I have to give people time to take a picture, and sign autographs. I have to be generous to people. It is in my heart. Without that, I would not be Manny Pacquiao.
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When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.
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I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking.
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Success should always be just beyond your grasp.
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I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
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I like imagination -- and the way I think things could be, had been, or should be -- better than reality.
