Beatrix Potter Quotes
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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I'm not a very technical musician at all.
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My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there, and it's like a – I don't know the English word – like a passage.
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You can't leave the thing that you are, the house that has become your biography.
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America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.
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Winners do what losers don't want to do.
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I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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I used to visit London when I was younger with my family. I feel very close to the city.
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I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.
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'Brave New World' dealt with a kind of proto-genetic engineering of the unborn, through really, as many dystopias do, it dealt with totalitarianism. The 1997 film 'Gattaca' updated 'Brave New World,' bringing us to a future where genetic testing determined your job, your wealth, your status in life.
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A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.
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I had so much fun developing and launching my first fragrance with Avon, so for my second fragrance, I really wanted to add a little more edge. Outspoken Intense is a provocative blend of sexy confidence and daring femininity that captures the thrill and excitement of being centre stage.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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I can't ignore what I grew up listening to. My parents used to listen to Michael Jackson non-stop. They used to listen to Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder.
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The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
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There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.
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I have a list of ideas that I want to do for my art series, but I'm always trying to figure out what's going to work. Ever since I was in art school, I would read and get ideas. Sometimes the photograph sparks an idea in me, and I continue in that direction.
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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
