Jean Paul Gaultier Quotes

The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: designer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 24, 1952

Topics

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When I was in the Army, 100 percent of our effort was to really be sharp, and soldiers, we were under live fire all the time.

Jim Inhofe

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People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies.

Robert Mueller

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We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and good public policy, given the circumstances that we are now in.

Ann Veneman

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Obviously, in journalism, you're confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it's in us. It makes things more interesting, a closer call. But journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one.

Amy Hempel

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Living in New York always felt to me like living in the middle of a carnival. It never stopped. There was something very exciting about it.

Sissy Spacek

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You know, I think when you coach or you manage, you make decisions, and there's some that are really, really tough.

Tony La Russa

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I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and then walk over and pet them. I'm like the optimistic dieter who fills her closet with clothes two sizes too small and dreams of the day she can wear them. I know just what I want to do when I retire.

Mary Roach

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I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.

Jason Bateman

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People spend so much time in their cars, and it's a legal way to have fun by speeding a little bit or testing yourself a little bit, and you get to invest in your car. For some people, it becomes their baby.

Jordana Brewster

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I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

Denzel Washington

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Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Dee Hock

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My weakness in life is two men who seduce me all the time - named Ben & Jerry.

Cory Booker

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