Iris Apfel Quotes

We did major work at the White House. But what people often don't understand is that when you do a historic restoration, you can't just do whatever you want. You work alongside the fine-arts commission and are obliged to create a replica of the past, as close as humanly possible. It's a historic institution, not a showhouse.

Iris Apfel

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WorkPastPeopleYouHouseCreate

I do know there's a lot of music where Led Zeppelin has been leant on. We didn't do anything about it. And I wouldn't want to, either.

Jimmy Page

MusicKnowWantAnythingWhereBeen

More and more investors may be coming into markets everywhere but that doesn't mean that the markets are really getting more and more efficient, even in the United States. It does mean that there is more access for savvy investors who watch the money flows.

Andrew Lo

MoneyMoreMeanComingWatchMay

I think that we're beginning to globalize medicine now. You have to take Eastern approaches and bring them to the West, and share West with the East.

Mehmet Oz

BeginningMedicineThinkYouNow

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

Max Eastman

HistoryNextJokeRoomDivinePoet

There's a kind of funny gap between 14 and 20 when young people don't read very much. Nobody really knows what to do about it, although we've tried to reach these dropout readers with the 'young adult' book.

Lloyd Alexander

FunnyPeopleBookReachYoungKind

I have a journal, and every character that I play, I write as the character: how I feel about things and how I'm going to play it.

Julia Garner

CharacterFeelPlayJournalWrite

Sometimes I observe stuff I haven't been through and write about it. I used to walk my dog with these 50-year-olds, and they'd tell me stories I could use.

Jorja Smith

DogWalkMeSometimesWriteTell

I used to be a photographer - and now I'm some kind of digital photographic artist.

Chris Jordan

ArtistNowKindDigitalPhotographer

Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.

Chris Chocola

IntelligenceWorldImmigrationNow

I've talked a lot with Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. Being on Team PokerStars with them has helped me out quite a bit. I've traveled around Europe playing with them. I've also talked with Robert Williamson here and there and Jim Worth. So I've had some good people to talk to and bounce ideas off of.

Chris Moneymaker

GoodPeopleMeIdeasTeamWorth

It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.

Bret Stephens

PerfectionGreatnessAmericanEasy

I don't have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up.

Bobby Bonilla

MeSomeoneUpGoingPickFigure

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