Hubert de Givenchy Quotes
Balenciaga was my religion. Since I'm a believer, for me, there's Balenciaga, and the good Lord.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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Bitcoin is here to stay. There would be a hacker uproar to anyone who attempted to take credit for the patent of cryptocurrency. And I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of hacker fury.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.
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I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
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Last week, I had to offer my publisher a bottle that was far too good for him simply because there was nothing between the insulting and the superlative.
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I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
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Balenciaga was my religion. Since I'm a believer, for me, there's Balenciaga, and the good Lord.
