Alexander Wang Quotes
There's a tendency to think that young designers only do fantasy fashion, but I'm more interested in making clothes that women can afford.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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Sometimes, all the interviews, those are the toughest thing for me, but once you really start to do it a lot and start to get used to it, I can find some fun in those parts, too. Because playing golf is the easiest thing for me, and that's something I'm so used to; that's why it was always easy.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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Basically, people in other countries don't want to have to work quite as flat-out as they do in Japan.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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I guess I'm a bit of a tomboy and can be quite resourceful.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.
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Mayo College, where I got my grounding, is a private boarding school. It is a traditional school with brilliant teachers including some from overseas.
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I've got lots of friends who are musicians, so if they ask me to do things, I'll go and do it for a laugh. I don't want to be a pop star or anything like that.
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There's a tendency to think that young designers only do fantasy fashion, but I'm more interested in making clothes that women can afford.
