Alisher Usmanov Quotes
I am not the king of the Internet. Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg, Grishin, Durov are its kings. And I'm an Internet's merchant and its fan.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
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I actually did go through severe depression and anxiety attacks where I couldn't sleep for weeks. It was definitely several months of being not myself.
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Since childhood I've always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it's a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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It's very, very important to wash off makeup. Like, really wash it off - I used to be really bad and leave some on when I would go to bed, but it's so important to get it all off.
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Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.
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Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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For me, if something fits properly, it makes me feel good.
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AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.
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Like wars, forest fires and bad marriages, really stupid laws are much easier to begin than they are to end.
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I get called all these horrible names by Lindsey Graham, who I don't even know.
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I love the characters you can build upon when you wear different things. You know, sometimes, I'll want to be girly and wear tulle on a Tuesday, and sometimes I wanna be like Kim Kardashian and wear black leather head-to-toe.
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The musicians in the band, and myself as a performer, love the risks of the unpredictable and the feeling of jumping off cliffs musically.
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For a long time, I wanted children. When I was about 30 or 32, I really thought about it.
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There's no one I trust in show business more than Sabrina Wind. She's my eyes and ears when I can't be there. She weighs in on everything, from scripts to sets to advertising.
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Large companies from out-of-state still look at the Mormon factor and wonder if they can conduct business here. But with the Provo Airport gearing up, and if we get regular scheduled flights, that would help our growth.
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I am not the king of the Internet. Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg, Grishin, Durov are its kings. And I'm an Internet's merchant and its fan.
