Design, refine and repeat, and keep learning all the way along. It sounds bland and pedestrian, but in fact, it's the reverse.
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As we wave our goodbyes,
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JIMI HENDRIX Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China."
"That expression has never made sense to m...
LISA KLEYPAS Nobody knows it all. You must keep learning.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thi...
JOHN GREEN The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
GLASER AND WAY The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
GLASER AND WAY Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
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CHRISTINA ENGELA 'What is this', and 'How is this done?' are the first two questions to ask of any wo...
JAMES FENTON It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light.
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MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like so...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like tha...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star ha...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I w...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long t...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford]
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MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then repli...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first ...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill!
SEX AND THE CITY I love you, but I love myself more.
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SEX AND THE CITY Desperate Housewives.
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SEX AND THE CITY I want you to look at me, connect with me. This is lovemaking, it's not a porno flick. [Maria]
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SEX AND THE CITY I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the worl...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playi...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't war...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. [Miranda]
SEX AND THE CITY the sort of person who'd back Proposition 14.
SEX AND THE CITY A stud is born! [Stanford]
SEX AND THE CITY Maybe we should get married.[Charlotte] Alrighty.[Trey]
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SEX AND THE CITY Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story.
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SEX AND THE CITY I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that...
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MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star.
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS the lights fade to black.
SEX AND THE CITY Yeah, I would love to. I don't know if I'd do another singing one.
SEX AND THE CITY Bellhop: "this is a non-smoking floor."Carrie: "I have an addiction sir!"
SEX AND THE CITY F*** me badly once, shame on you. F*** me badly twice, shame on me.
SEX AND THE CITY Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni a...
SEX AND THE CITY I knew I wanted a handbag, but they were so pricey. I love Marc Jacobs.
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SEX AND THE CITY 'Rome' vital to HBO TV empire.
SEX AND THE CITY Sex and the City.
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SEX AND THE CITY I love you but it's not my job to fix your finances. [Charlotte]
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SEX AND THE CITY Life is not all about sex. [Samantha]
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SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is. [Samantha]
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SEX AND THE CITY My character, she's kind of gotten away with her looks, gotten away with her ability to charm people...
SEX AND THE CITY I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss - the perfect parent - or the perfect outfit. But...
SEX AND THE CITY Charlotte: So how are you?
Carrie: I'm good. How are you?
Charlotte: Great.
Carrie: I to...
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SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be truehe probably is. [Samantha]
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SEX AND THE CITY They practically chased me with torches like I was Fuckenstein! [Samantha]
SEX AND THE CITY Middle-Age Girls Gone Wild.
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SEX AND THE CITY You shouldn't have to sacrifice who you are just because somebody else has a problem with it.
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