Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people… the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life… they are mean and they want to kill you.
KARL LAGERFELDIf you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
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I never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline.
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Those social networks, there’s something sad about them. Is it because they don’t have enough knowledge about friends and people? I don’t understand it. It’s like a talkative mirror where people talk to themselves. And what I hate most in life is selfies.
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I’m a working-class person, working with class.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.
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Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.
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The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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When I was 14, I wanted to smoke because my mother smoked like mad. I wanted to smoke to look grown-up. But my mother said: ‘You shouldn’t smoke. Your hands are not that beautiful and that shows when you smoke.
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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I don’t want to do anything over again, ever again. I want only to do what I haven’t done. There’s no “again.” There’s only the future. I hate the past – especially my own past.
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Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
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