Be politically correct, but please don’t bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that’s the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.
KARL LAGERFELDDuring the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
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Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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I think it’s horrible that people have to be told. Don’t smoke! Everybody knows it’s bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist.
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I am physically allergic to flip-flops
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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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Change is the healthiest way to survive.
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I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don’t wake up before – the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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What I love best in life is new starts.
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My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
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When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said – and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded – ‘It’s like hair color. It’s nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It’s not a subject.’ This was a very healthy attitude.
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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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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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I’m a working-class person, working with class.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
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Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
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When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
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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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Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.
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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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The reason American cars don’t sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That’s why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
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Life should be larger than life. Size is important to escape normalization.
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The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.
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