Virginia Postrel Quotes

With its fluctuating forms and needless decoration, fashion epitomizes the supposedly unproductive waste that inspired 20th-century technocrats to dream of central planning. It exists for no good reason. But that's practically a definition of art.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

Topics

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The par putts sometimes are bigger than the birdie putts.

Jimmy Walker

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Choreographers, historically, are born, not made - their talents drive them to it.

Robert Gottlieb

DriveBornTalentsMadeThem

I want to bring meaningful conversations to the table, and I want to shake some things up.

Andy Mineo

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The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

John Stuart Mill

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Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.

Stephen Paulus

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Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Joyce Meyer

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One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

Josh Mandel

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One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E.

Dr. Dre

MusicGreatTimeDayTalentPeople

India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries.

Bobby Jindal

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I like being successful. Giving back is just a part of that.

Peter Loftin

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I got fired from a movie that ended up being called 'Windows,' which Gordon Willis, the cinematographer, directed. I got fired because he refused to cast Meryl Streep, who at the time was at Yale. I told him I thought he was an idiot, and he fired me.

Scott Rudin

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I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods.

Marjane Satrapi

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