Carolina Herrera Quotes
I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
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If a playwright is funny, the English look for a serious message, and if he's serious, they look for a joke.
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You determine how far you go in life, nobody else.
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Childhood doesn't have to be perfect, and children don't have to be beautiful. From a bit of grit may grow a pearl, and if pearl production doesn't materialise, the outcome will still be preferable to the shallowness of vanity.
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Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.
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When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Art Neville ... there was so many piano players I loved in New Orleans. Then there was guys from out of town that would come cut there a lot. There was so many great bebop piano players, so many great jazz piano players, so many great Latin piano players, so many great blues piano players. Some of those Afro-Cuban bands had some killer piano players. There was so many different things going on musically, and it was all of interest to me.
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I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.
