"The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know... so I made my own world."

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Source : "Fashion Legend Bijan Pakzad Dies" by Annie Yuan, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 16, 2011.

Bijan

#World Quotes #Compromise Quotes #Settling Quotes

“The resurrection power of Jesus broke Satan's captive power. When He led the Old Testament saints from paradise to heaven, He led captivity captive!”
“On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not.”
“Life is a series of recoveries.”
“I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.”
“Your destiny is in your hands. Creating the life you want is only, and always, up to you.”
“~When Valentina was not even 1 month old, my aunt [gave me the best advice]: 'Put her to sleep yourself every night. Sing to her and cradle her in your arms and sit by her side - every night. Because one day you won't be able to, and it's going to happen really fast.~”
“We had some guys that abandoned their technique and abandoned some of the things that we just worked a month on,”
“I mean, the question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again, night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.”

Source : Elaine Dundy (2010). “The Dud Avocado”, p.130, New York Review of Books

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