Designing is so easy - it's the business that is hard. That's why you really have to respect Ralph Lauren - look at what he's done. Anybody who can sustain themselves should be applauded.
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I got Dolce, I got a little bit of everything. And ... CHRIS PAUL Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time. WANG SHI There is no pathway for female GB road cyclists, but at the same time, if you are wanting to be the ... LIZZIE ARMITSTEAD I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that y... CAMERON SINCLAIR The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch... MIKE NICHOLS It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irrespo... BILL O'REILLY It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irrespo... BILL O'REILLY I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmi... 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I mean, if you look at the profile maps it doesn't look... BILL BRYSON Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it. AIDAN QUINN I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in th... BLYTHE DANNER I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. I... JONATHAN ANDERSON Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON So often in TV, when you have an antagonist who's supposed to be the 'big baddie,' it... MICHELLE FORBES The great thing about Pete and Peggy's storyline is that you barely have to do anything. There... ELISABETH MOSS I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie ... DANIEL CRAIG Why climb? That's a question that baffles me. It perplexes me. I really asked that a lot on Ever... 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