Alexa Chung Quotes
I grew up in a very visual household. My dad is a designer; my sister is a designer. My brother is an amazing architect who does music. But I think in the Chung household, how things looked was an important part of who you are.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I don't like controversy.
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We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.
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I think I'm like a free spirit.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it.
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It's one of the fundamental principles of the stock market: When interest rates go up, stocks go down. And along with financial companies and cyclicals, technology companies - with their sky-high price-to-earnings multiples - should be among the biggest losers in an environment of rising rates.
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You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end, the results are completely unexpected.
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People who grew up on my books are now able to get the point across to others that they're worth reading.
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I grew up in a very visual household. My dad is a designer; my sister is a designer. My brother is an amazing architect who does music. But I think in the Chung household, how things looked was an important part of who you are.
