Azzedine Alaia Quotes
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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I'm not a Facebook girl. Even though there is a fake Facebook with my name, it's not me. I'm not on Twitter; it's not me.
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You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more horrific because they've had the release of the laugh before it.
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me about artists' block, things I'm struggling with, or the music business. It's really important for artists to have a community. Sometimes you can feel quite isolated.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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My favorite weekend activity is riding bikes to breakfast.
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There should be no censorship of mail.
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I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.
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I would love to go to film school.
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Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws.
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There were times I wouldn't leave my room for weeks and sometimes missed school because I hated how people would look at me. But my older sister helped me find the positive: She used to show me pictures of Alek Wek to say, 'See! You can be a model if you want!'
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I pluck with my fingernails. If I break a nail, I can't cancel a concert. So I can make a nail out of a ping-pong ball.
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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
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If I don't have a model in front of me, I don't have an idea.
