Anna Sui Quotes
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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But I made no efforts to organize my supporters to hold on to the apparatus. Consequently I was soon expelled and my followers, who did not change coats overnight, quietly left or were expelled from the party.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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I have a very balanced posture about the political situation in my country.
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The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier.
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The destruction was mutual. We went to Vietnam without any desire to capture territory or impose American will on other people. I don't feel that we ought to apologize or castigate ourselves or to assume the status of culpability.
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Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.
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Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.