Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
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I've always been a huge reggae fan.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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One always wonders about roads not taken.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.
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To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you.
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I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody else knew stuff that I didn't know.
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I've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fish.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.
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You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson.
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We should make it so that young people pay their fair share for health care, and nothing more. And instead of Washington telling us what to buy, let's get back to letting every American choose the plan that's best for them and their family.
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I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that.
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Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And that is hurting our economic work, and it's hurting our economic projections, because the best place for a child is within a strong family unit.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
