Valerie Simpson Quotes

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.

Valerie Simpson

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YouBornKnowTwoMakeOurselves

Ray Aghayan told me to be more flamboyant, but I have to be me.

Jim Nabors

MeMoreRayFlamboyant

Low levels of vitamin D in the population as a whole suggest that most people need to take a vitamin D supplement. This may be especially true for seniors, as the ability to synthesize vitamin D in the skin declines with age.

Andrew Weil

AgePeopleSkinTrueNeedAbility

I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

Andre Balazs

StarsTogetherStoryHotelYouLine

I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something unliterary about it.'

Steven Heighton

StoryThoughtLiteratureMoreUsed

My core group of friends are all from when I was a kid.

Tom Sturridge

FriendsGroupKidCore

Fashion is harder than the film industry. You have to constantly be able to crank out hit after hit after hit on demand and on a very tight calendar. I've come back, I've lost it, I've come back again. It's really as good as your last collection.

Tom Ford

GoodFashionYouBackCalendarLost

I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference.

Russell Simmons

PeopleThinkMake A DifferenceYoung

I always saw law as a performance, just like being on a stage.

Lukas Forchhammer

LawPerformanceAlwaysStageSaw

After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for them and do publicity for free just because I like a book. Some people think of it as hubris or careerism, but I love to champion books. You can't use your whole sphere of influence just to help yourself.

Jonathan Evison

LoveCommunityYourselfPeopleBook

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

Douglas MacArthur

FriendMenWarKnowNowLiving

I could easily exist on less money, but I like the way I live now.

Christina Ricci

LiveMoneyNowWayExistLike

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

Clive Owen

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