Kevin Kwan Quotes
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I write in a small office at home.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right.
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I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people's standards, I might be crazy. But I realize that I'm not going to harm anyone, and the only place that I live is within my own universe, really - so it's O.K.
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For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running.
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No study is possible on the battlefield.
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Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America.
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I'm a writer slash designer slash TV personality.
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There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better.
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
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I love romantic comedies more than anything.
