Alek Wek Quotes

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.

Alek Wek

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• The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.

  

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• At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.

  

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• I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.

  

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• I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived.

  

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• The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

  

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• It has seemed, at times, like American carmakers think car buyers are so blindly loyal that they will keep coming back - despite the sticker shock - for crummy cars that guzzle gas, fall apart too soon, and cost too much to repair.

  

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• We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.

  

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• I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.

  

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• While I knew that individuals had in history - and still could - make a difference, it seemed presumptuous - even pompous - to imagine that I could be part of it, that I could be one of them.

  

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• In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.

  

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• If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.

  

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  • Sugar

• I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.

  

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• By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

  

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• Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.

  

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• My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'

  

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• The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.

  

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• The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.

  

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• The Beatles and Ray Charles were in the same charts together, and that was just called pop music - it wasn't called soul or rock. The best pop music just stands out as something that's just original, and I think it should all be called pop again.

  

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• I was bored at college, so I put $10 in a jukebox in this place where people played ping-pong and pool. I put in $10 of 'Jingle Bell Rock,' and this was back in the '90s, so it played 'Jingle Bell Rock,' like, 40 times in a row. It was just really fun to watch because after the fourth time, people were just losing-their-minds angry.

  

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  • Fun

• There were so many points where I was like, 'I can't do this.' It was too exhausting. It's just a lot, and then suddenly something happens, and your career changes, and it's so much fun and wonderful. I look back on those moments, and I'm so glad I didn't give up.

  

  Marisa Coughlan
  • Up
  • Fun
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• There are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful.

  

  William Landay
  • Beautiful
  • Way
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• The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Money
  • Beautiful
  • Moments