Louise Nurding Quotes
I love fashion, but I do it in a really laid-back way. I'd much rather be underdressed than overdressed.
Quotes to Explore
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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Reading is a huge part of life.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.
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Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
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I do feel guilty. I do. Especially about my family, my children. I write about them, and I know that this will haunt them as well through their lives. Why did I do that to them?
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My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
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I hate the terminology of 'costume' because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture.
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I am not interested in deconsecrating: this is a fashion I hate, it is petit-bourgeois. I want to reconsecrate things as much as possible, I want to re-mythicize them.
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I love fashion, but I do it in a really laid-back way. I'd much rather be underdressed than overdressed.
