I think people should express themselves more and not just buy what's in. While it can be very beautiful, and it may suit you perfectly, I'm sure it doesn't suit everyone in the same way. I like people who express themselves and are more individualistic.
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Related I like the way I look in a suit, and I wish I owned more. Actually, I wish I owned suits that fit me... DONALD FAISON Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communi... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity... ADAM GRANT But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. A... RICHARD MASUR It doesn't come easily to me, comedy. It's definitely not my strong suit. I'm probably m... ARI MILLEN I just think people should be able to express themselves. VINCE CARTER Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' ... EDDIE MURPHY I'm from the suburbs and where I'm from didn't necessarily have people like you see in &... JANE LEVY I think it doesn't matter if you are the best surfer in the world. I'm going to try to be th... BETHANY HAMILTON I've been wearing Chinese clothes since I was 14. I can't wear a suit. I'm small, and wh... AZZEDINE ALAIA My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love ... ERIN O'CONNOR My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love ... ERIN O'CONNOR I put on whatever is comfortable on me. Suit, jeans and tee as long as it's comfortable. It does... LANCE GROSS All the suits I buy have to be tailored, no matter what. But it's not just because of my height;... APOLO OHNO It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit o... NICKI MINAJ Education in British schools isn't good enough. It's not remotely imaginative enough. It let... RICHARD ROGERS Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn&... ERIC CANTONA It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it... CANDICE OLSON Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you expr... EMILY BLUNT I don't think I'll be remembered in a big Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin way. I think I'l... SKRILLEX Black is overrated. You'll never find it in my stores. Of course it's slimming, but it's... BRUNELLO CUCINELLI It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their... VANESSA HUDGENS I do think it's perfectly natural and human to want to invest belief in something. It's just... DYLAN MORAN Maybe in the future, you'll be able to understand what I'm saying. I'm going more for an... WASHED OUT When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to expr... EL DEBARGE I'm not afraid to lose my job, and when you're not afraid, you don't feel any pressures.... JOSE MOURINHO I don't think any other city in the world... the sun doesn't shine the same way anywhere as ... BEN LOVETT I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bu... PAUL WELLER People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true.... DANA SPIOTTA I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy t... LAURA BENANTI Generally speaking, I'm a jeans, T-shirt and boots man but I do own an Armani suit, which gets a... MATTHEW RHYS I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become ... MADELEINE PEYROUX British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant. MONICA BELLUCCI With code, what it means is what it does. It doesn't express, not really. It's a very bounde... ELLEN ULLMAN I'm just trying to have fun, and maybe the way I hold myself kind of freaks people out. I don... MAC DEMARCO I get stopped by people on the Upper West Side of Manhattan - actors, directors, people that I rever... ANDREW BREITBART It's very fun to be the hunter of the sounds. The hunter of the right energy. And it's not r... AURORA I'm an old soul. The blues, especially older blues, is the human element that kind of gives the ... BRIA SKONBERG Acting feels different. I'm not sure exactly what that is, but it used to mean a lot more. Maybe... MEL GIBSON If you have notoriety, you can dress any way you want to dress. That's the way it is. I just lik... RIC FLAIR Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themsel... BARRY MANN Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I... J. K. ROWLING I'm just not into trying to convince people like me. I always say to myself, 'It is what it ... NENE LEAKES I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't... FRANK LAUTENBERG I don't know where people think I'm from, but I'm from Chicago. It's really just tha... CHANCE THE RAPPER All records are riddles, and whatever you may want people to think it's about, it may just be th... TOM WAITS I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people reac... PATTI SMITH I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because i... KAZUO ISHIGURO I'm not interested in characters who aren't broken. I'm not interested in happy people. ... JOHN LOGAN Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you ca... DANIEL BOULUD We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what yo... VICTORIA LEGRAND There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing fr... TADANOBU ASANO 'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. ... BARRY MANILOW I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that's alway... MARK ZUCKERBERG I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It&... JULIE DELPY I think it is such an amazing moment when people realize what they are and what they can be, and the... ELIZABETH PEYTON I'm very comfortable with an R-rating. I feel like it sounds like what people talk like in real ... DAVID DOBKIN I'm not just offensive, I'm very smart about the way that I do it, and that takes a lot of t... ANTHONY JESELNIK Unless it's really an emergency, I'm not going to bother you. And you can see people chafe a... ALEXIS OHANIAN Most of the time when people say something sounds like Steely Dan, and I listen to it, it doesn'... WALTER BECKER The red carpet doesn't interest me. I think people become all the same; it's like everyone p... MARC JACOBS I always thought if I could just put something in words perfectly enough, people would get the idea,... NEIL PEART Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people hav... MARIO BALOTELLI People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it&... ADAM GARCIA It's so important for girls to respect themselves and not put themselves down and say, 'Oh, ... DAVID ARCHULETA There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I... MARY ELLEN MARK Good design should be available to everyone - and I do mean everyone. What I spent on the wheelchair... MICHAEL GRAVES It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which ... DANIEL KAHNEMAN When you raise your voice in song to express what's going on deep inside of you, I think people ... JANE LYNCH I'm 24. I think when I was 18, 19, I had a problem with it because I wanted to look older and mo... ALISON LOHMAN If you can make me laugh, my heart is yours! I think there's nothing more attractive than someon... SHAY MITCHELL I can't believe Tina Turner actually was on the same stage. I can't believe I set foot on th... BRANDY NORWOOD It's always on everyone's list, like, 'What's New Orleans like?' I think people ... SUNG KANG In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit. VERNE TROYER I've said this before, and I'm sure there are people who disagree, but I feel like one of th... AISHA TYLER I'm not a fashion architect. I don't dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I b... PETER EISENMAN I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or st... TOM PERROTTA If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. DEYTH BANGER I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm ... PAUL WELLER There are a couple of things that I'm sure people don't think are important, but I do. I don... AARON SPELLING I'm just so very lucky to be able to do what I do for a living, and giving back is a way for me ... PEWDIEPIE People criticize you for trying new things. I think, 'I'm new! I'm 22!' I don't ... IGGY AZALEA I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, ... RYAN GOSLING I can't tell you the number of people that are like, 'Has anyone ever told you you look like... GILLIAN JACOBS I'm a Cancerian, the typical crab with the tough outer shell and the soft bit in the middle. I d... KATHERINE JENKINS If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better th... TARON EGERTON I'm such a believer in 'if you're beautiful on the inside it really shows on the outside... MEGAN PARK It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women shoul... DAKOTA JOHNSON I really look forward to putting on a record. I love writing music and think that may be my strong s... JAMES WOLPERT I'm not ready to be that guy who can meet with world leaders and all that. It's tremendous w... EDDIE VEDDER I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit. KEANU REEVES It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh... CLARENCE THOMAS Sometimes people ask me, 'You do stand-up?' I try explaining what I do, and I don't thin... CHARLYNE YI There are many people who probably don't agree with my acting, and it should be that way: they d... ALIA BHATT When you say 'control freak' and 'OCD' and 'organized,' that suggests someon... TAYLOR SWIFT I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the sta... BRENDAN COYLE I'm a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world's a wonderful. I just think that s... BILLY CONNOLLY It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a... CAREY MULLIGAN I don't diet, I don't do fads, I've just decided to not eat carbs. So no more bread and ... NANCY MEYERS I've performed in China, France, New Delhi, and Indianapolis, and everybody just allows themselv... RICKY MARTIN
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