Cristobal Balenciaga Quotes

Elegance is elimination.

Cristobal Balenciaga

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• I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Life
  • Country
  • Parents

• Michael Arndt, that guy - you're just supposed to say nice things about other writers, but I worship Michael Arndt.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Guy
  • You
  • Nice

• No one knows what the top-performing asset class will be next year. Lacking this prescience, your next-best solution is to own all of the classes and rebalance regularly.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Year
  • Own
  • Solution

• I was lucky enough to have parents with a huge film library. My mum is a huge Bollywood film geek. When we were kids, we would watch Indian films with her as well as Chinese and Japanese films. My father was more into the classics, American films, and also Hitchcock films.

  

  Jacky Ido
  • Kids
  • American
  • Father

• We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • People
  • Important
  • Live

• I was afraid of Korean food when I moved to L.A., let alone sushi. I remember thinking either sink or swim. Living here in Studio City, Ventura Blvd. is the Mecca of sushi restaurants. What you thought was so exotic is just run of the mill.

  

  Parvesh Cheena
  • Thinking
  • Remember
  • Food

• I managed to survive the worst things any entertainer could possibly go through.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Worst
  • Survive
  • Through

• Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

  

  Og Mandino
  • Good
  • Love
  • Health

• When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Great
  • Trying
  • Help

• Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • Up
  • Important
  • Education

• I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Sound
  • Drunk
  • Tongue

• We need to be aware of what we are capable of first and realize that if you place your dreams really really high, you do have the potential to get to that level.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • High
  • Dreams
  • Place

• 'Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Black
  • Crazy
  • Horse

• I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Relationship
  • Yourself

• I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Never
  • Look
  • Forget

• There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Home
  • Woman
  • Tradition

• As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Children

• I wanna be the biggest pop group on the planet.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
  • Planet
  • Group
  • Pop

• I started on the clarinet. I was going to a music school - my mother took me - and the guy said, 'What do you want to play?' I said the drums, and my mother said, 'No, you don't. You don't want to play the drums.' So I said, 'Maybe the trumpet would be cool.' And my mother said, 'I don't think so.' And then the clarinet was handed to me.

  

  Christopher Guest
  • Music
  • School
  • Mother

• I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much. I think I'm recognized enough by the industry.

  

  Kyle Chandler
  • Great

• Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful.

  

  Ally Carter
  • Truth
  • Free
  • Mean

• I think that any channel, whether it's Fox, CNN, or whatever, if they were truly giving a 360-view of what's going on, we would be better equipped to not slap judgments on people we really don't understand.

  

  David Oyelowo
  • People
  • Giving

• Elegance is elimination.

  

  Cristobal Balenciaga