Icons Quotes - Page 15

• Harrison Ford is absolutely amazing. He is a Hollywood icon, and just to work with him was absolutely incredible.

  Carly Schroeder

  Hollywood, Incredibles

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For those whose ganglia were formed pre-TV, the mimetic deployment of pop-culture icons seems at best an annoying tic and at worst a dangerous vapidity that compromises fiction's seriousness by dating it out of the Platonic Always, where it ought to reside.

  Jonathan Lethem

  Dating, Deployment, Culture

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• One thing I've found that's really helpful in our relationship is that she's [Anna Faris] very normal. And I don't mean ordinary - I mean, she doesn't act like a big star or a comic icon or anything like that. She's really down-to-earth and sweet, and we do talk about comedy, about movies, about our careers and possible projects.

  Chris Pratt

  Sweet, Stars, Mean

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The great style icons are tomboys

  Loulou de la Falaise

  Style, Style Icons

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• Can I tell you who is the most important fashion icon in the world? Queen Elizabeth of England. Think about that. She has never put her foot anywhere wrong and always looks fantastic.

  Carolina Herrera

  Fashion, Queens, Thinking

  "The Evolution of Elegance". Interview with Renee Zellweger, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 15, 2016.

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• Icon of Prague, the medieval bridge crossed the Vltava between Old Town and the Little Quarter. Gothic bridge towers rose on both sides, and the whole span — pedestrian-only — was lined by monumental statues of saints.

  Laini Taylor

  Bridges, Rose, Prague

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• Here in the United States, hopefully, what we're building are not just pyramids, are not icons to one pharaoh. What we're building is a culture and a way of living together that we can look back on and say, [This] was good, was inclusive, was kind, was innovative, was able to fulfill the dreams of as many people as possible.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Pyramids, People

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• We destroy icons - that's what we do.

  Eric Idle

  "Interview: John Cleese and Eric Idle, founding members of Monty Python". Interview with Tony Jones, www.abc.net.au. February 18, 2016.

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• The fact is that until I saw paintings as icons, I couldn't see why people painted at all.

  Mary Pratt

  People, Saws, Facts

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• Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for — in other words, cheered on — by people who feel different.

  Liza Minnelli

  Gay, People, Different

  "Liza: Cher's a bigger gay icon than me". The Associated Press, www.today.com. 2013.

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• I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.

  Pete Sampras

  Reality, Historical, Looks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My beauty icon is Angelina Jolie.

  Ashley Benson

  "Inside Ashley Benson’s Beauty Regimen and 'Ugly' Days". Interview with Gemma Wilson, www.wetpaint.com. June 3, 2010.

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• Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.

  Carolina Herrera

  Fashion, Queens, Real

  "The Evolution of Elegance". Interview with Renee Zellweger, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 15, 2016.

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• When you're developing a story, for me anyway, it's all so important to get the script right, especially when you're telling the story of an icon. You've got to get it right. Otherwise, you'll get killed by critics and fans.

  Graham King

  Important, Scripts, Fans

  Source: collider.com

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• Shatter the icons of slavery and fear.
  Replace
  the leer
  of the minstrel's burnt-cork face
  with a proud, serene
  and classic bronze of Benin.

  Dudley Randall

  Slavery, Proud, Faces

  Dudley Randall (2009). “Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall”, p.185, Wayne State University Press

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• 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of an Australian afternoon.

  Geraldine Brooks

  Years, America, Waiting

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