Alexander McQueen Quotes
For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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There are times when marriage is not such a comfortable place... But you find your way; you become a different person. You grow into it. And you have to work at marriage every day.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should be proper coordination.
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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It is something we have always excelled at and prided ourselves at - the excellences of our stage performance.
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I'm going to say this - to the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me - I'm going to say this: I'm not going to disappoint anybody.
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When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will be a meeting place for a lot of people. There will be a conversation every day. They say now, 'I'll meet you at Ernie Banks' statue.' After Sept. 7, they'll say, 'I'll meet you by Billy Williams' statue.'
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Beelzebub is the isolated part of the human being. This part or this real human being has been obscured by religious structures.
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One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.
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For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.
