A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists.

Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.


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My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another...
VERA WANG
A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
VERA WANG
As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose th...
VERA WANG
I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
VERA WANG
It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.
VERA WANG
It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
VERA WANG
People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, parti...
VERA WANG
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.
VERA WANG
No observational problem will not be solved by more data.
VERA RUBIN
Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different ques...
VERA RUBIN
Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
VERA RUBIN
I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
VERA MILES
I couldn't kill a fly.
VERA MILES
You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have t...
VERA FARMIGA
I think maybe I was a shepherdess in a past life.
VERA FARMIGA
There's no wrong way to experience a film.
VERA FARMIGA
Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.
VERA FARMIGA
Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice b...
VERA FARMIGA
When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as ...
VERA FARMIGA
I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
VERA FARMIGA
It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
VERA FARMIGA
Music is what our feelings sound like.
VERA FARMIGA
Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.
VERA FARMIGA
In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.
VERA FARMIGA
Offers come all the time, but I'm pretty particular. I really have to be wowed by a character I ...
VERA FARMIGA
I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being th...
VERA FARMIGA
In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is &...
VERA FARMIGA
I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.
VERA FARMIGA
I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.
VERA FARMIGA
I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say th...
VERA FARMIGA
Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.
VERA FARMIGA
Ruminants are a perfectly normal thing to possess when you live in upstate New York. It's just m...
VERA FARMIGA
There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come a...
VERA FARMIGA
The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes...
VERA FARMIGA
There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make ...
VERA FARMIGA
I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.
VERA FARMIGA
I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
VERA FARMIGA
Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
VERA WANG
Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and ope...
VERA FARMIGA
It's hard to juggle being a businessperson with being a creative person. You have to organize yo...
VERA WANG
It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed...
VERA WANG
There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I re...
VERA WANG
Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions
VERA RUBIN
I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
VERA WANG
Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that peop...
VERA WANG
Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
VERA BRITTAIN
I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the brea...
VERA FARMIGA
Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.
VERA BRITTAIN
Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
VERA BRITTAIN
All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or ...
VERA BRITTAIN
At no previous period has mankind been faced by a half-century which so paradoxically united violenc...
VERA BRITTAIN
There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.
VERA JOHNSON
The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . i...
VERA BRITTAIN
Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is...
VERA WANG
To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredi...
VERA WANG
When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophisticatio...
VERA WANG
When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the ide...
VERA WANG
I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up o...
VERA BRITTAIN
I love Saturday nights with my best friend and a big bowl of pasta, wanting a good scare, something ...
VERA FARMIGA
I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearin...
VERA WANG
I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler p...
VERA FARMIGA
The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your m...
VERA WANG
I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
VERA WANG