Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes

Like many people, I have a fascination with lies and the people who tell them. I wouldn't say I've never told a lie, but I don't think I've ever told one without both assuming I would be found out and feeling absolutely rotten about it.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

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LiePeopleThinkFeelingSayNever

By the nature of fashion, you're only as good as your last collection, so I'm constantly striving to be better, so I don't look at it as if I've made it.

Jeremy Scott

NatureGoodFashionBetterYouLook

Most of the time, I'm not scared. I get on with life, not because I'm a fatalist, but because that's the most congenial way of dealing with things. Indeed, most of the time, I'm not conscious of dealing with anything.

John Diamond

LifeTimeWayScaredAnythingGet

You annex foreign land, not your own country.

Menachem Begin

YouCountryLandOwnYourForeign

I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary during the Stalinist era.

Andy Grove

Growing UpGrowingNiceOperaSinger

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

Michael Caine

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In making films, you're dealing with hundreds of people and a crew, but eventually, it's you and an editor, and that part of it, I liked it a lot. The experience on 'Up in Smoke' was great. I really enjoyed it.

Lou Adler

GreatExperiencePeopleYouSmoke

I make very proper clothes. But I was never that person. For a long time, I thought that was the image I needed to have for my brand. And I thought that's the person that I needed to be. Because it gave me a distinct image that no one can deny.

Jason Wu

TimeMeBrandThoughtClothesLong

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

Dick Wolf

ArgumentSayTrueRiskOutGoing

There's something so glorious in giving control to the world. I think that's what I'm trying to do in my films - control the world but also let it be chaotic, let there be life.

Derek Cianfrance

LifeControlWorldThinkGiving

When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.

Desmond Tutu

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I'm a nature bug.

Donna Karan

NatureBug

Hollywood is a reflection of a general climate that we live in.

Donna Langley

LiveReflectionHollywoodGeneral

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