Alice Temperley Quotes

I was always in trouble at school for what I was wearing; I was never made a prefect because of the way I used to dress - I ripped my tights, my skirts were too short, all sorts of things.

Alice Temperley

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SchoolDressShortTroubleWayUsed

It's impossible for me to disentangle how much of my storytelling urge is the product of growing up with novelist parents and how much is a genetic legacy from those same parents.

Jesse Kellerman

ParentsMeGrowing UpLegacyGrowing

I don't like it when you look too styled and wear one designer from head to toe.

Jessica Szohr

YouLookHeadWearLikeToe

I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.

Robert Smith

JobHabitTravelI AmPeopleWorld

Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the writer to write a certain kind of book. Sometimes that's hard.

Robert Gottlieb

YourselfBookYouSometimesKind

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

Amar'e Stoudemire

WorkGoodGreatGameNBAPlayer

I thought we were going to get customers excited by telling them there were no antibiotics in our meat or no growth hormones used to raise the animals or no RBGH in our cheese or sour cream. Well, that's not a very appetizing message.

Steve Ells

GrowthThoughtCheeseAnimalsMeat

The folks who rock Uber value their time; they appreciate nice things with a taste of luxury and loathe inefficiency.

Travis Kalanick

TimeValueAppreciateLuxuryNice

There was a time when watching a cartoon was a nurturing experience. You would watch a Warner Bros. cartoon, and at the end of it you could probably win 'Jeopardy.'

Tony Danza

TimeExperienceWinEndYouCartoon

I always thought East L.A. music was so dreamy and languid and kinda greasy.

Ry Cooder

MusicThoughtAlwaysEastKinda

I meditate a lot, but I am constantly in pain. I'm trying to live with this. You just have to accept it.

Roy Horn

LivePainI AmTryingYouAccept

When you see somebody who always came so close, and they finally accomplish what they've been working for - to see someone excel and break through that barrier - it's a great moment not just for that athlete but for all of us.

Michelle Carter

GreatMomentSomeoneYouAccomplish

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

EvilMadnessNothingFoolishBefore

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