Les Wexner Quotes
In the '70s and '80s, the mentality of America was that everything was disposable. The notion of quality wasn't important.
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People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
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What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.
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My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death.
Antony Sher -
I don't think women are that vastly different from men. I'm a bit of a woman myself. But I'm not a feminist filmmaker. I'm not making a feminist thesis to prove that women are important. I just happen to make films with strong characters that are women.
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Women who may choose to have silicone breast implants are entitled to independent research to ensure they have complete and comprehensive information. It's especially important since so many women have experienced complications with their implants they never knew were possible.
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A peculiar fact about termite-tapeworm-fungus-moss art is that it goes always forward, eating its own boundaries, and, likely as not, leaves nothing in its path other than the signs of eager, industrious, unkempt activity.
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Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
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In the '70s and '80s, the mentality of America was that everything was disposable. The notion of quality wasn't important.
