Tavi Gevinson Quotes
I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter how much money you have, if you want to stay involved with your children and don't want to lose being a primary parent to them, you're still in the game.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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I do or die, but I never cancel out.
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I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.
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Everything's so accelerated now.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.
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I don't shoot movies quickly because I get a lot of coverage and a lot of angles, so we have all the pieces in the editing. I do a lot of takes, but it's because I'm looking for something.
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I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted.
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Just as there's garbage that pollutes the Potomac river, there is garbage polluting our culture. We need an Environmental Protection Agency to clean it up.
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I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
