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A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.


Vera Nazarian

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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.
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