Azzedine Alaia Quotes

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.

Azzedine Alaia

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: designer
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  • Birth: February 26, 1940

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GoodFatherMorningKissMeHand

Everything in my life happens really fast.

Joel Embiid

LifeMy LifeFastEverythingHappens

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.

Jennifer Granholm

LeadershipTreesYouKnowSometimes

Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.' My relatives seem to drop like flies around me. Who's next? Will it be someone I can't stand?

Matt Roper

FamilyMeLookingStandSomeoneNow

The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it's the most sensitive. It's not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite - and typically they don't.

Jeffrey Kluger

ChildMomGoldenSameMaySensitive

If we, in the future, have confidence in ourselves, then there's no limit to what we can achieve, and I think the depressing litany... that we hear from the Remain side is not the type of approach we should take into the future.

Michael Gove

ConfidenceFutureThinkAchieveSide

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

Michael Caine

LifeHappyWhySoldierBeenTheater

Books can be a source of solace, but I see them mainly as a source of pleasure, personal as well as esthetic.

Michael Dirda

PersonalPleasureSeeI SeeSource

I first met Susan Sontag in spring 1976 when she was recovering from cancer surgery and needed someone to help type her correspondence. I had been recommended by the editors of 'The New York Review of Books,' where I'd worked as an editorial assistant.

Sigrid Nunez

New YorkSpringSomeoneHelpNew

I have a rough idea when I walk into a studio though.

Tom Jenkinson

WalkRoughIdeaStudioThough

Looking back, I just think I was a really average sort of girl.

Rosamund Pike

GirlLooking BackLookingThinkBack

Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt.

Ron Fournier

WarRestYouSayWantConnected

I lean towards traditionally what people would consider the more negative side of life.

Josh Silver

LifePeopleNegativeMoreSideLean

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