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• I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.

  Florence Welch

  Beautiful, Dog, Artist

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• An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.

  Debra Winger

  Mirrors, Hair, Half

  "Why I quit Hollywood". Interview with Garth Pearce, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2002.

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• Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position - arms folded, butch-looking...you know - I met with the woman in charge of Holloway police station. She gave me the most invaluable advice: never let them see you cry, and never cross your arms. When I asked why, she said 'because it is a defensive action and therefore weak.

  Helen Mirren

  Strong, Mirrors, Advice

  Helen Mirren (2011). “In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

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• pools of blood are not recreational even lifeguards drown when the undertow breaks bread with the underbelly demons disguised as sharks have not put enough thought into their costumes a wiseman stays ashore when pointed fins read like italian subtitles the end is near (...) the beginning

  Saul Williams

  Italian, Sharks, Blood

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• If I've learned anything in twenty-nine years, it's that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. My gift - bad choice of words - is that I can look at you, him, her, them, whoever, and tell right away what is keeping them awake at night: money; feelings of insignificance; overwhelming boredom; evil children; job troubles; or perhaps death, in one of its many costumes, perched in the wings. What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.

  Douglas Coupland

  Jobs, Children, Night

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• Add the hippie-rock-drugs atmosphere circa 1970, and you get Clinton's rechristened group Parliament, decked out in weird costumes, singing cosmic lyrics and laying down amazing funk lines - also lines of other kinds. One observer describes Maggot Brain ... one of those guys with super technique that took a lot of acid and just went out from there.

  Eddie Griffin

  Hippie, Rocks, Guy

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• I think "Heroes of Cosplay" will show a lot of the positive things, like how much effort it takes to make a costume. These people on the show aren't taking shortcuts. As long as that effort gets through to the viewers, we will be inspirational. Then there will be people who watch the show that want to get in and hands-on make outfits.

  Yaya Han

  Hero, Thinking, Hands

  "Cosplay's Wonder Woman: Yaya Han Leads 'Heroes Of Cosplay'". Interview with Aaron Sagers, www.mtv.com. August 13, 2013.

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• It feels kind of strange knowing that I rule the whole planet of Naboo and I'm only thirteen. At first, my face—because it was really white—was a bit of a shock. But when the whole costume was put together and the headdress was put on, I really felt proud, like a Queen.

  Keisha Castle-Hughes

  Queens, Knowing, White

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• You look like a horse in a man costume

  Dylan Moran

  Funny, Horse, Humor

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• I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Dressing Up, Events, Evening

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• The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Art, Men, Invention

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 Volumes)”, p.86, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I love people who expect me to wear great, feathery costumes- and I do it. It's like an actor getting into his costume for his part. I don't really feel that part until I'm into whatever I'm going to wear.

  Elton John

  People, Expectations, Actors

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• The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
  
  In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.
  
  When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.

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  Ram Dass

  Flower, Heart, Garden

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• I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made a very badly put-together costume because I felt this desire to dress up.

  Yaya Han

  Character, Anime, People

  "Cosplay's Wonder Woman: Yaya Han Leads 'Heroes Of Cosplay'". Interview with Aaron Sagers, www.mtv.com. August 13, 2013.

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• The media was, 'Oh my God, you're gay,' and I'm like yes -- I've been out my whole life to my family and friends. Everyone in the skating community knew. But just because I won the national title, it's like, 'Oh, my God, you're gay.' The judges would say, 'You have to tone down your costumes, your choreography,' and I'm like, 'No . . .' I wanted to skate for the audiences, not for the judges.

  Rudy Galindo

  Gay, Media, Judging

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• I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.

  Georgina Chapman

  Fashion, Real, Historical

  "Georgina Chapman Interview: Red-Carpet Royalty" by Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 21, 2011.

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• My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes

  Adriana Trigiani

  Mother, Book, Avid

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• Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Wall, Night, What Matters

  Adriana Trigiani (2005). “Rococo: A Novel”, p.253, Random House

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• I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'

  Melissa McCarthy

  School, Actors, Textiles

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• Don't let a single comic moment pass you by; then help the audience get the laughs. Give them permission to laugh by holding for laughter and by letting them know early on what they're in for. In the first few moments, the audience is gathering information, looking at the scenery and costumes. Create a comic moment as soon as you can.

  James Carver

  Laughter, Giving, Laughing

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• The growing drama has outgrown such toys Of simulated stature, face, and speech: It also peradventure may outgrow The simulation of the painted scene, Boards, actors, prompters, gaslight, and costume, And take for a worthier stage the soul itself, Its shifting fancies and celestial lights, With all its grand orchestral silences To keep the pauses of its rhythmic sounds.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Drama, Light, Silence

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barret Browning”, p.163

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• Why not allow patrons to comment on directors' decisions, vote on costume design, listen to dancers' conversations, volunteer to help out in ways beyond just writing a check? They can see themselves as co-producers, not just bystanders.

  Chris Elam

  Writing, Bystanders, Volunteer

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• You're following your track, the story, your only plan, your map for the audience, and all the other stuff is, like, the fun stuff: the costumes, the locations, the set-dressing and the actors. They can all be variable as you like if you stick - however roughly - to the path.

  Gus Van Sant

  Fun, Track, Stories

  "Gus van Sant: the last king of the underground". Interview with John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. October 20, 2011.

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• I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.

  Alexander McQueen

  Fashion, Other Cultures, Clothes

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• I like a house party and fancy dress, a big fan of fancy dress, like dress up, costume parties.

  Florence Welch

  Party, House, Fans

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