Tadashi Yanai Quotes
In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.
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I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when we lived in Youngstown, Ohio, I grew up in small towns in Pennsylvania. I graduated from high school in Farrell, Pennsylvania.
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Act because you love to act.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.
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Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
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I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
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My father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee system before he hurt his elbow.
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In Holland, we have a saying: 'A knife cuts on two sides.' With the rubber duck, I'm trying to show people what they haven't been seeing in their public space. When the rubber duck is there and when it's gone, you know.
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People don't teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it's something I'd never had to handle, because I'd been rejected for so long.
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If he'd just crowded me down to the side of the asphalt, I'd have been OK. But when he ran me completely off the racetrack, I lost it.
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
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If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the solution you're coming up with fits.
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For survivors, the word closure often connotes that the bereaved are underachievers who flunked a grief course.
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On 'Masters of Sex,' especially in the pilot, everybody was showing up word-perfect, and you're expected to show up word-perfect.
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Never allow any unnecessary or vain thought to occupy your mind. This is more easily said than done. You cannot make your mind a blank all at once. So in the beginning try to prevent evil or idle thoughts by occupying your mind with the analysis of your own faults, or the contemplation of the Perfect Ones.
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Nobody's life is filled with perfect little moments. And if it were, they wouldn't be perfect little moments. They would just be normal. How would you ever know happiness if you never experience downs?
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In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.
