Elie Saab Quotes
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
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I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
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Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on.
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From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
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Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
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I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.
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The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.
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So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.
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When you're around me, you're going to get glitter on you.
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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
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I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.
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Why hit a conservative shot? When you miss it, you are in just as much trouble as when you miss a bold one.
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If I hadn't been a determined person I wouldn't have succeeded in life.
