Iris Apfel Quotes

If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.

Iris Apfel

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Take '39 Steps'. When I finished writing it, I counted the number of measures in the composition. I always do this because I am interested in the length of a song. So I counted this one a couple of times because 39 is an unusual number of measures for a song.

John Abercrombie

I AmWritingSongAlwaysStepsTake

I've always had my wrist slapped for being myself.

Amy Schumer

MyselfBeing MyselfAlwaysBeingHad

You see, it took me so long, it was such a struggle, to move myself out of musicals - because I had had a success, nobody wanted to allow me to direct a non-musical picture. It was so hard. And the only way I could get it going was to become a producer myself.

Stanley Donen

SuccessMyselfStruggleMePicture

It's not good to have so many key players injured, but there is no point complaining about it.

Toni Kroos

GoodKeyComplainingPointPlayers

Arsenal are a great club, but after eight years, sometimes you feel that you need a new challenge.

Robin Van Persie

GreatChallengeFeelYouSometimes

Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.

Mickey Rourke

WorstLow-KeyWhoYourSomeGuys

My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I must continue to practice to retain my constructive and analytic powers. The goal is to be a master of my environment.

Michael Merzenich

PowerPracticeMindBrainDetail

I have always loved anything sexy.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

SexyLovedAlwaysAnything

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

Diane Greene

SeaVisionValueMeThinkMy Own

Write because you love the work, not because of what might come from it. The journey is the purpose. Very Zen-like, I know, but honest to God it's the truth. And I have never had to deal with writer's block. Knock on wood.

William Kent Krueger

WorkLoveGodJourneyTruthPurpose

Writers are not celebrities, so you don't expect to walk down the street and hear, 'Oh my God, there's Sylvia Day.' You prefer to be anonymous.

Sylvia Day

HeroHeroesAlphaRomanceCommon

The reason I actually ran for office is because of Hillary Clinton. Everybody was telling me why I shouldn't run: I was too young, I had small children, I should start at the school board level.

Nikki Haley

ChildrenSchoolMeSmallStartRun

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