Ashley Graham Quotes
The fashion industry may persist to label me as 'plus-size,' but I like to think of it as 'my size.'
Quotes to Explore
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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Venus favors the bold.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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My instinct about a human being is paramount. For me, when a director has walked into my room or an assistant that I have hired, who has later gone on to become a director, is purely based on human instinct, be it Ayan Mukerji, Karan Malhotra, Punit Malhotra or Tarun Mansukhani. I am very susceptible to human energy and energy of spaces.
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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I always look to play flawed characters. I'm not very interested in playing somebody that's just, you know, the very nice one or the attractive one, or whatever, which a lot of female parts can just be written that way.
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.
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There's an identity thing that goes on where you spend so much time caring for your child that, after a year or so, you have to shake it off and go, 'Who am I?'
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'Aid from heaven you may have,' he said, 'by saying your prayers; and I don't doubt you ask for this and all other things generally. But an angel won't come to tell you who ought to be Chancellor of the Exchequer.'
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Although I was born in Idaho and now live in New York, I definitely identify with the European aesthetic. Paris is my mecca; it's where I discovered my flair for fashion. But I pay rent and work in New York, so that is my home - I love the culture clash of the city.
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The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.
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The fashion industry may persist to label me as 'plus-size,' but I like to think of it as 'my size.'
