Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
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My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
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My boy and I move. We have this game where if we dress in a particular item of clothing, we have to do a different movement. A hat means 20 jumps - that sort of thing. When I put a scarf on, my son has to drop down and do push-ups, immediately. He thinks it's really funny.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.
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I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian.
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The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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I am happy in Paris.
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I hear my songs being sung by females before I change them and make them into my voice.
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The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.
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Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.
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If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which is done by the U.S. government, it should be guaranteed by the originators, i.e., the shareholder.
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Jerusalem is not just a beautiful city: the challenge is to show that Jerusalem can be shared in peace and respect.
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Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end?
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Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.
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Entry is not equivalent to possession.
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Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.
