Hubert de Givenchy Quotes
The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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I try to stay focused.
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I have made it a rule for a long time, not to part with the copyright of my drawings, for I have been so copied, my drawings reproduced and sold for advertisements and done in ways I hate.
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I'm a black Catholic raised in Decatur, Georgia, which was very gang-infested. Then, I went to an all-white private high school and excelled in sports and wrote poetry, then played football at the University of Georgia, minoring in drama.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
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I have to be honest - I don't love guns.
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When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.
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That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.
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I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation.
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I like the idea of getting to dress up, like to do a Barry Lyndon or something about the Napoleonic period, the grand army retreating from Moscow. I understand that there's a craft to acting and a lot of people work hard at it. I just know that music is my first love. I love music, I love film, and I love clothes.
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Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are cases in which we don't have the knowledge to predict the full consequences. Global warming and climate change are examples.
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In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.'
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The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple.
