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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I'm only as good as my next appearance and my next match.
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Assaults by fanatics on our safety... does not justify assaults by the government on our freedom!
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I started at General Motors at 18 years old as a co-op student at the General Motors Institute, which is now Kettering.
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The Law of Divine Compensation posits that this is a self-organizing and self-correcting universe: the embryo becomes a baby, the bud becomes a blossom, the acorn becomes an oak tree. Clearly, there is some invisible force that is moving every aspect of reality to its next best expression.
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I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
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As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.
