William Ivey Long Quotes

My mind still runs too fast. If we get the wrong fabric or something is stitched the wrong way, I get so angry and so flummoxed that I start spelling my words, just to slow myself down.

William Ivey Long

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MyselfWordsAngryMindStartSlow

Let's recreate the equivalent of the Met Ball in Europe and, rather than for the museum, give the money to environmental causes.

Jochen Zeitz

MoneyEnvironmentalMuseumEurope

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

Jessica Lange

HellDoingYouKnowSometimesActor

Sports gives us the grandest opportunity of all to talk about reaching down and helping up or getting on somebody else's shoulders.

Jerry Jones

OpportunitySportsDownTalkUpUs

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Max de Pree

MomentBecomeUpOrderGreatestWho

I now truly believe it is impossible for me to make a bad movie.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

MeImpossibleBelieveBadNowMovie

This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there, so if I have to run three races to win the Pac-8 title, I'll do it. Oh, sure, I'll probably be tired, but the people shouting will carry me across the finish line.

Steve Prefontaine

GreatTiredPeopleMeWinYear

Putting all your eggs in one basket has never worked for me. Personally, I find if I decide too quickly that someone is my match, I start to get a little nutty.

Tracee Ellis Ross

MeStartSomeoneFindNeverDecide

If writing really is empathy, then understanding your place in society might actually help you achieve it.

Rumaan Alam

EmpathyWritingSocietyHelpYou

There's no right or wrong, success or failure.

Miley Cyrus

SuccessFailureWrongRight

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Joseph Addison

WithoutMeritAwkwardnessMere

I think the boxing game is supposed to be a gentleman's sport.

Joseph Parker

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What's the point of elections if everything is already decided?

Dmitry Medvedev

EverythingPointElectionsDecided

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