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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You want what you create to live, and I give my all in my work because I want it to live.
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The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to overcome that.
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Dance has definitely made me a better role model.When I'm performing, I'm always thinking about my face and my look. I used to have a much harder time with it.
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All I know about what people think of my gear is what a couple of my friends tell me, and one of them always wants to borrow money, so I'm not sure how reliable he is.
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One morning I was reading the story of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand. The disciples could find only five loaves of bread and two fishes. 'Let me have them,' said Jesus. He asked for all. He took them, said the blessing, and broke them before He gave them out. I remembered what a chapel speaker...had said: 'If my life is broken when given to Jesus, it is because pieces will feed a multitude, while a loaf will satisfy only a little lad.'
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Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.
