Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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I aspire only to silence.
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I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film.
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We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
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From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing.
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People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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Nothing is better than waking up in the morning and being excited to go into work.
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People sometimes tell me that I don't talk or act or look like a metal fan. Well, what does a metal fan look like? I've found people from all walks of life who love metal.
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I am a big proponent of being in touch with everyone even when I do not have a story to ask about.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
