Lesley Garrett Quotes

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

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• My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.

  

  H. Robert Horvitz
  • Work
  • Women
  • Family

• The records that I grew up listening to had feel, and the drummers that inspired me - like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Phil Collins and Roger Taylor - all had their own voice and individual style.

  

  Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters
  • Up
  • Me
  • Style

• When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza.

  

  Iman
  • You
  • Lived
  • Egypt

• At the end of the day, I want to create collections that, although I am inspired by very creative women, I want my customer to walk away with a silhouette that she doesn't even know what collection it comes from. That it just lasts in her wardrobe and makes her feel strong and confident and hopefully happy.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Women
  • She
  • Happy

• My biggest style inspirations come from the '90s. I'm really inspired by TLC, Janet Jackson, and designers like Jeremy Scott. I'm hugely inspired by Club Kids from New York back in the '90s. I'm inspired by the drag queen scene. Combat boots and the torn off jeans and a baggy shirt - I love that look.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Style

• There wasn't anyone in my family who was involved in the theatre. I saw a few amateur plays when I was growing up, but I can't think of anything that happened or anybody in particular who inspired me; it all came from within.

  

  Garry Hynes
  • Up
  • Family
  • Growing

• I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters, no heroes and bad guys.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Moment

• Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Good
  • America
  • Democracy

• Mimicking the intricacies of the human brain, a neuro-inspired computer would work in a fashion similar to the way neurons and synapses communicate. It could potentially learn or develop memory.

  

  Nayef Al-Rodhan
  • Work
  • Fashion
  • Brain

• The song 'What Goes Up' was inspired as I was playing the piano and reminiscing about the Spaceship One launches I witnessed in the Mojave desert. It is an awesome thing to comprehend the magnitude of what a human being dreams and imagines can be realized.

  

  Vanna Bonta
  • Up
  • Song
  • Inspired

• Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.

  

  Ira Gershwin
  • Age
  • Respect
  • Hair

• To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat.

  

  Lasse Hallstrom
  • Real
  • Wife
  • Choices

• So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

  

  Wanda Jackson
  • Life
  • Work
  • Know

• Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Country
  • Inspired
  • Queen

• Shakespeare's 'Othello' was inspired by Cinthio's 'A Moorish Captain'; his 'Hamlet' came from Saxo Grammaticus's 'Amleth.'

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Inspired
  • Hamlet
  • Captain

• I'm a lot more productive in an actual office. I love being around our other editors, and going there every day alleviates some of the guilt that I think many self-employed people feel when you know you could always be working from your laptop at home. I feel so relaxed there, while completely engaged and inspired.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • People
  • Feel
  • Inspired

• Being a musician, people ask you a lot about what musicians inspire you, and there's plenty of musicians that I love and respect, but I think that I'm the most inspired by cinema.

  

  Halsey
  • People
  • Respect
  • Inspired

• If we believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, then we shouldn't be recognizing it only as a book of historical and economic significance.

  

  Bill Haslam
  • God
  • Believe
  • Book

• A revolution is to bring on change and we're spiritual people trying to bring on spiritual change. It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago.

  

  Damian Marley
  • People
  • Trying
  • Change

• Everybody's got baggage, and not just the classic, 'Oh I have so much baggage,' but everyone comes with so much context, and you're not just dating a person: you're dating all their context, too. Part of relationships is negotiating each other's context.

  

  Emily V. Gordon
  • Dating

• We have a structural problem because you can simultaneously understand the medium to long-term risks of climate change and also come to the conclusion that it is in your short-term economic interest to invest in oil and gas. Which is why, you know, anybody who tells you that the market is going to fix this on its own is lying to you.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Long
  • Why
  • Change

• I don't want to do stories that don't have a heart. I'm just not going to be satisfied with stories where I can't be passionate about the subject, where I can't make a difference.

  

  Aaron Huey
  • Heart
  • Make A Difference

• Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

  

  Lesley Garrett
  • Inspired