Azzedine Alaia Quotes
As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.
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I think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don't have anything against that.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm.
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I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
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I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.
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People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
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The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.
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That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?
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All that matter is honesty, integrity, and courage to face your conviction.
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One of my early childhood memories was my grandmother always having a bowl of Nestle chocolate bars at her house. My sister and I would argue over who could eat the chocolate bars. Looking back, I don't know why we just didn't share. We could have split them.
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My paternal grandmother gave me the courage to investigate things and not take things at face value or judge people by what I first imagine them to be.
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Getting your letters or pictures digitized. I don't think it's that important. The more you spend on your materials, you're given the sense that those things are more important due to the total amount spent. You'd probably be better off giving that money to a soup kitchen.
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As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.
