Clothes Quotes - Page 29

• Men do not live by truth alone; they also need lies: those that they invent freely, not those that are imposed on them; those that appear as they are, not smuggled in beneath the clothes of history. Fiction enriches their existence, completes them and, fleetingly, compensates them for this tragic condition which is our lot: always to desire and dream more than we can actually achieve.

  Mario Vargas Llosa

  Dream, Lying, Men

  Mario Vargas Llosa (2011). “Making Waves: Essays”, p.198, Macmillan

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• Only those who haven't got the wit to speak for themselves would ever want their clothes to do it for them.

  Julie Burchill

  Want, Speak, Wit

  "Dazed & confused". www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2000.

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• I enjoy just showing people other sides of me, especially everyone always sees me in my helmet and ski suit. It's nice to just show everyone me, just me in my everyday clothes or just me in high heels or just me not in my ski gear, basically.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Nice, High Heels, People

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• Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of his voice, the posture of his body, the style of his clothes, and the nature of his deeds!

  Napoleon Hill

  Character, Eye, Men

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• To be given the reins of creativity is a beautiful thing when you're used to just showing up to a casting and standing there having clothes put on you.

  Erin Wasson

  Beautiful, Creativity, Casting

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• Have you ever noticed how they keep improving your laundry detergent, but they still can't get those blue flakes out? Why do we trust them to get our clothes clean? These guys can't even get the DETERGENT white!

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Blue, White, Guy

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• McCain was introduced at the convention last night by his wife -- I won't say 'trophy wife' -- but she did $300,000 worth of clothes and jewelry on, no matter to the party of the little guy. But Cindy McCain talked about how his character, honor and integrity made him the exact kind of married man she was looking to pick up at a bar.

  Bill Maher

  Integrity, Party, Character

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• Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One. For eight years she believed that flight attendants couldn't wear clothes because it made the plane too heavy.

  Argus Hamilton

  New York, Eight, Air

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• You don't have to wear expensive clothes to look good.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Looks, Expensive Clothes, Expensive

  "Five things I know about style: Zooey Deschanel" by Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2010.

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• Put on light-coloured clothes and some perfume, take care of your body and do everything you can to fight against the forces of darkness. It is not an easy struggle, but it is worthwhile.

  Jean Vanier

  Struggle, Fighting, Light

  Jean Vanier (2001). “Seeing Beyond Depression”, p.57, Paulist Press

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• The closing of our earthly eyes is such a simple event. The shedding of the physical body does not solve the fundamental problems of enlightenment, just as changing ones clothes has nothing to do with the deep questions of life and destiny.

  Andre Luiz Moreira

  Eye, Simple, Destiny

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• We don't want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.

  Darrell Royal

  Stripes, Want, Uniforms

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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• Many of us incorrectly assume that a spiritual life begins when we change what we normally do in our daily life. We feel we must change our job, our living situation, our relationship, our address, our diet, or our clothes before we can truly begin a spiritual practice. And yet it is not the act but the awareness, the vitality, and the kindness we bring to our work that allows it to become sacred.

  Wayne Muller

  Spiritual, Jobs, Kindness

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• Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Thomas Edison I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

  Ralph Lauren

  Dream, Inspiration, Design

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• 'Mediocre' tends to mean 'undistinguished', while snobs enjoy their distinguishing hallmarks of style - how they wear clothes, use words, where they go and gather and gossip. ...Whatever the circumstances the genius has put you into, the fact of individuality defends the soul against all class-action claims. No soul is mediocre, whatever your personal taste for conventionality, whatever your personal record of middling achievements.

  James Hillman

  Mean, Class, Gossip

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• I keep my eyes open. I pay attention to how different types of people express their personal style, how they put their clothes together.

  Cam Newton

  Eye, People, Style

  "Cam Newton Wants to Teach You How to Wear a Sweater". Interview with Nic Screws, www.bloomberg.com. December 29, 2015.

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• I love this idea of shape-shifting and changing when you put on clothes, and turn into somebody else.

  Marc Almond

  Ideas, Shapes, Shifting

  Source: thequietus.com

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• People think I get this free wardrobe but, sadly, that's not the case. I sometimes sell my unwanted clothes and shoes at car-boots so I can buy more - that's my guilty secret.

  Nicki Chapman

  Thinking, Shoes, People

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I am super-interested in fashion. I love being a person whose clothes get discussed. That makes it more interesting for me.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Fashion, Love Is, Interesting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I couldn't stand living in a society that admires the emperor's new clothes, when I see so clearly that he is naked.

  Patricia McConnell

  Naked, Admire, Emperor

  Source: therumpus.net

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• When I first came out, I was a film student and my mom sewed clothes. I was already doing a million things then, whatever it took to survive. If I had to braid someone's hair to get one pound for my lunch money, that's what I did. But I did it in the most creative way possible.

  M.I.A.

  Mom, Hair, Lunch

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. October 17, 2013.

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• Ironically, style doesn't come even closely related to fashion. It's got nothing to do [with clothes].

  David Bowie

  Fashion, Style, Related

  "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council". COMPLEX Interview, www.complex.com. August/September 2003.

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• I learned a lot of details about 1920s clothes, cars, kitchen appliances, and food. I had a character eating peanut butter in one scene until I learned that peanut butter wasn't commercially packaged and sold until 1924.

  Laura Moriarty

  Character, Car, Kitchen

  Source: www.bookbrowse.com

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• I think that my fascination with clothes generally was motivated by trying to create the characters for the stage.

  David Bowie

  Character, Thinking, Trying

  "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. August, 2003.

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• Education provides you a profession. But not vocation. You do it only because you need to work to earn money to buy your food, buy your clothes, pay the bills. Our life has a greater meaning, and a greater purpose.

  Satish Kumar

  Needs, Purpose, Pay

  "An Interview with Satish Kumar at the New Story Summit". Kosmos Interview, www.kosmosjournal.org. November 18, 2014.

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