Alison Lurie Quotes
Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world.
Quotes to Explore
-
I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
-
I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
-
We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
-
When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
-
When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
-
Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
-
There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
-
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
-
Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
-
One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
-
I see myself as extremely lucky.
-
I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
-
In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
-
People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
-
The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh, inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.
-
I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
-
If you give a party, you better give it right.
-
You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
-
Africa’s progress will depend on development that truly lifts countries from poverty to prosperity - because people everywhere deserve the dignity of a life free from want.
-
Maybe it was all those wild times that kept me young.
-
God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast.
-
If I were tied to the letter of the Scriptures and rigid dogma, I believe I could not have painted these profoundly felt paintings about the Eucharist and the 'Pentecost' religious paintings, he made c. 1909-11) I had to be artistically free - not have God before me. like a steely Assyrian ruler, but God in me, hot and holy like Christ's love.
-
I really love laser-cutting. I do a lot of laser-cut jewelry and laser-etched stationery. I'll even etch my food sometimes. You can download an image online and etch it onto a tortilla or a brownie. It's so cool to meld the digital and analog worlds together.
-
Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world.
