Hubert de Givenchy Quotes
People say I am a classic designer. I don't try to be classic, but I do try to be simple and elegant.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
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In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.
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If somebody told me you'd be a one and a half billion dollar company and be the largest in the world, I wouldn't have believed it myself.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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Yeah, I'm kind of fit. And I'm quite careful about my diet.
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I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.
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Obviously I've had great experiences with people I've worked with on films - I've married half of them! I should come with a warning sign that says, 'Don't worry, I'm not going to try to marry you. I'm done.'
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I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.
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One sad consequence of this is that people don't feel permitted to try understand Internet infrastructure, so I'm really grateful to groups like Free Press and other nonprofits who are trying to make the issue urgent and comprehensible. And Andre Blum's book Tubes is great on this topic.
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People say I am a classic designer. I don't try to be classic, but I do try to be simple and elegant.
