Oscar de la Renta Quotes
I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.
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Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
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The Ferrari is a beautiful car. It's great.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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Everyone's path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. 'The X Factor' gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.
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When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
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You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
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The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
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No one is India.
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I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.
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While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that's not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should.
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I was able to do that [showing up of Democratic benefits] when I was the candidate. But I've not seen or presided over that kind of systematic outreach that I think needs to happen.
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I'd love to believe in my government so I could trust law enforcement people again. I don't have that belief any more.
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It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side.
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I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.
