Amy Heckerling Quotes
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
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If people make a lot of introductions, should they get recognized for it? I've never seen a score showing who's a good connector. That'd be useful, right?
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I look at singing and acting as one career, and I love the chance to do both in the same project. I need to do both. When I'm doing one, I miss the other.
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Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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English was great because I could just write my opinion, and that was good enough. I was terrible in Math, even though I had amazing Math teachers. My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education.
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Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November.
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We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt.
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Interview with a Vampire was lots of sex, so I'm not sure.
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Amiri Baraka went to Howard. Lucille Clifton went to Howard. Ossie Davis went to Howard. And I was aware of that when I was there. Charles Drew went to Howard. Thurgood Marshall went to the law school. Being aware of that and having all of that brought to bear, again, it's one of those things that I can't really separate from my career as a writer.
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Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Are men and women different creatures? Do we feel things differently? Being a man, I can't know what a woman feels.
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I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.
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As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.
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I do believe that using fragrance is a plus. It's one of our senses and it's be a waste not to use our sense of smell. I also think smell is something that tells a lot about a person.
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When I'm not writing, I do a lot of research reading on the shape of civilization. Fiction can be a lot of different things... but I feel like it's my job to write about the way things are.
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People will dig their heels in and fight for the things they love and against the things they hate.
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Anyone who wishes to advance our species or an institution must possess those qualities which those who have little sense of self will perceive as narcissistic. All this besides the fact that “arrogant,” “headstrong,” “narcissistic,” and “cold” will be the terms used against any person who tries to be more himself or herself.
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Bitterness is so ugly.
