Iris Apfel Quotes

I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.

Iris Apfel

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LifeLiveTechnologyPeopleMeDays

My style has definitely grown since moving to New York and working on 'Gossip Girl.' I'm more aware of a lot of designers and I'm more aware of fashion.

Jessica Szohr

GirlStyleNew YorkMovingFashion

Being a champion is not just being a frontrunner and being ahead, but it's facing adversity.

Andre Ward

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I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

Meg Wolitzer

MindGrowing UpWritingYoungAlways

I find it very strange when people say that they are trying to solve 'Uncle Vanya' or find a solution for 'Henry V.' Plays aren't puzzles. They are about playing. But so much theatre has become about performing and acting rather than playing, which is a great pity because audiences are captivated by watching people play.

Robert Lepage

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Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.

Maurice Saatchi

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The sport of shooting is my life.

Michael Diamond

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In chemicals, Synthetic Genomics is one of my real loves.

Steve Jurvetson

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I'm a hip-hop fan.

Steven Seagal

Hip-HopFan

I'm not going to be rockin' n' rollin' when I'm 50 years old. But you can be in your prime on television, compose songs, or write a Broadway play when you're 50.

Toni Tennille

YouTelevisionPlayWriteOldYears

Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name of human freedom, and in the face of threats that have ripened into terrible realities since, fought that battle which placed you where you now stand.

Robert Dale Owen

FreedomFaceNameStandBattleYou

I went to see a children's matinee at the movie theatre one summer, but at some point they had changed to the grown up movie in the late afternoon, and I ended up seeing this movie called 'The Bad Seed.' It just terrified me.

Robert Englund

ChildrenMeTheatreSeedSeeingBad

Someone said to me a long time ago, 'You're a drag queen,' and at the time I was a little like... hello? But then I realized over the years that I actually am.

Roisin Murphy

TimeQueenMeSomeoneLongYou

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