Alexander Wang Quotes
If you're designing out of a purely creative place, not thinking of the girl, then the consumer's not going to take notice.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
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When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
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I've always watched the political shows.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
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It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it.
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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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I am happy in Paris.
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As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
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I hear my songs being sung by females before I change them and make them into my voice.
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When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.
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I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.
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I have no message.
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For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.
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I would love to learn how to dance. I can pick up choreography pretty well. But when you're dancing with your friends, I can't do that. I'm not a freestyler. It just doesn't come naturally to me. Clapping is my go-to dance.
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Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished.
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I've met the Queen a couple of times, and she's been delightful. In fact, I often find myself thinking: 'What would the Queen do in this situation? Write a thank-you note? Yes, I'll do that.' She's all about courtesy.
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I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with the question of "how did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all / he didn't do it to gain power or money as I recall," and its sweep reaches all the way to this part of the world. I think maybe I'm a translator, because I lived in both worlds and truly understand them. I understand the discontent that comes from not having. But I also understand the anxiety that comes from wealth and convenience.
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If you're designing out of a purely creative place, not thinking of the girl, then the consumer's not going to take notice.
