Alexander McQueen Quotes
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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No one believes more strongly than I do that every Christian should be a theologian. In that sense, we all need to work it out. I want all Christians who can read, to read their Bibles and to read beyond the Bible - to read the history and theology.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.
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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
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I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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I don't know why, but I'm continually amazed to think that two and a half billion of us around the world are connected to each other through the Internet and that at any point in time more than 30 percent of the world's population can go online to learn, to create and to share.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save.
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While I put forth the suntan and the teeth and the cavalier attitude, I've survived under the worst of eras and times, and I've always had a good time doing it, because I never really took myself seriously, nor did I take life seriously because it is already terribly serious.
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My favourite actress is Meryl Streep. Oh, and Anna Magnani.
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I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.
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Executives are rarely comfortable speaking on the record, particularly in secretive Silicon Valley companies.
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Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.
