London Quotes - Page 34

• I got into hairdressing and moved from Dorset to London, where I got an apprenticeship at Vidal Sassoon. This was around '83 or '84. I was working on South Molton Street, which was then the epicenter of all the shops. It was like a catwalk. So I did my apprenticeship there, but I wasn't successful.

  Guido Palau

  Successful, Apprenticeship, Catwalk

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In the past we used to come over to see what was going on in London or Paris or Milan or wherever - it's pretty much the same stuff everywhere [now], and people are wearing the same things, because it's all instantaneous with the Internet.

  Paul Weller

  Past, Paris, People

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• I was surprised recently to find a book called "Poetry in Persons" that's coming out about visit to poets to a class that Pearl London gave.

  Edward Hirsch

  Book, Class, Pearls

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. February 4, 2010.

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• And when my second book had come out, "Wild Gratitude," I went to Pearl London's class and she worked through different drafts of poems and there were the drafts of my poem, "Wild Gratitude," and I saw that I had begun the poem with the title "August 13th."

  Edward Hirsch

  Gratitude, Book, August

  "Embracing the Mess of Poetry". Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. February 4, 2010.

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• In London, I really like going to the Mandarin Oriental. They can even do my feet without tickling me.

  Lara Stone

  Feet, Tickling

  Source: www.elle.com

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• The first big thing that I did with my dad was the bicycle sequence in "The Great Muppet Caper," where Kermit and Piggy are riding bicycles in Battersea Park in London and that was a complex marionetting and cranes driving through the park, it was a complicated scene, and I did that with my dad.

  Brian Henson

  Dad, Riding, Parks

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Gregory Peck was so charismatic. I saw a woman fall down - fall down! - when she saw him in a restaurant. And Brando. We were in London, and by then he was about 380 pounds. There was a gorgeous waitress, and off he went, in direct competition with me for this young girl's attention, speaking French, making her blush.

  Val Kilmer

  Girl, Fall, Competition

  "The Iceman Come Backeth". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. November 28, 2006.

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• In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London.

  Michael Caine

  Real, People, Height

  "Katie Holmes, Michael Caine for "Batman Begins". Interview with press in Los Angeles, www.darkhorizons.com. June 14, 2005.

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• You look at the world situation, look at London, Paris, Italy, it is all basically the same as the U.S. Then you look at other places such as India, Bali, with warmer climates, you know the Southern climates, they are very different. I think there is a time and place for everything and in Australia, for example, it is completely the opposite. I don't think we can be designing for that customer per se.

  Donna Karan

  Thinking, Opposites, Paris

  "Donna Karan on Meditation, Fashion - and Love". Interview with Mayu Saini, wwd.com. March 28, 2016.

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• How is it having more control if there are businesses from China, India, America choosing Germany and France over London?

  Sadiq Khan

  America, India, Germany

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I remember I did quite a lot of interviews when the book and the CD came out, and I did a drivetime interview for Radio London or something. You wouldn't immediately associate the music on Ocean Of Sound with drivetime radio, but people found things that they liked, and the DJ was playing some records at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on a weekday.The man who was playing them said to me, "That Peter Brotzmann track, it's like having your head boiled in acid."

  David Toop

  Book, Ocean, Men

  "The Strange World Of... David Toop". Interview with Karen Shook, thequietus.com. June 28, 2016.

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• The vibe, it's that excitement. New York, you just can't describe it. You get a similar thing from Paris and London, but it's not New York.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  New York, Paris, Excitement

  Source: movieweb.com

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• If I had the choice I would live in London. There are a few things I don't like about England but its just details, I don't really think about them but I really like England and I really like London.

  Emmanuel Petit

  Thinking, Choices, Details

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

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• Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front. That's about it. It makes House of Cards look like Teletubbies.

  Nigel Evans

  House Of Cards, Looks, May

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• We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions.

  Stephen Crabb

  Perspective, Needs, Roles

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• In London, there is a section in a newspaper, the Metro, where people write in and thank strangers for their lovely or kind actions throughout the week. It brings me such happiness reading it and makes me know that, ultimately, human beings are amazing.

  Rosie Fellner

  Reading, Writing, People

  "Rosie Fellner: Celebrating Kindness and Differences". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I was pretty young when I bought my first place, and at that time didn't really view it as an investment. After living there for a few years I decided to move out of London, so I decided to rent it out for a few years. Then, as the property market continued to rise, I made the decision to sell.

  Andy Murray

  Moving, Views, Years

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I know someone who works in a record shop where I live and I'll go in there and he'll play me "Have you heard this single?". Singles by, er the group called The Tights, so an obscure thing... and a group called, I think, er Bauhaus, a London group. That's one single. There's no one I completely like that I can say "Well I've got all this person's records. I think he's great" or "This group's records" it's just, again, odd things.

  Ian Curtis

  Thinking, Play, Groups

  Source: disordertc.wordpress.com

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• I know I wasn't allowed to go to fashion school; I can't cut a dress like Galliano, right? But I had enough wherewithal to go to that studio on my first collection and bring Kim, [stylist] Christine Centenera, Ian Connor, Theophilus London, Virgil Abloh...they all came down to [Vetements/Balenciaga designer] Demna Gvasalia's studio that night and hung out.

  Kanye West

  Fashion, School, Cutting

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• The point is [Donald] Trump goes way too far. He then demonizes Muslims - American Muslims. He wants to ban all Muslims from everywhere in the world, including the new mayor of London who has spoken about this from coming to our country.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, World, Want

  Source: www.npr.org

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• If Hillary [Clinton] gets elected what she's promised to do with the [New York] banks is going to make London boom.

  Rupert Murdoch

  New York, Clinton, Ifs

  Source: www.thewrap.com

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• [Paul McCartney] never, at the time, was going back to leaning back on the roots of his old band. He always built upon where he was, which was in London. And he didn't overuse synthesizers. He used them just enough. It's such a cool sound.

  Fred Armisen

  Roots, Sound, Band

  "Bill Hader and Fred Armisen on making comedy cinematic with Documentary Now!". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, avclub.com. August 4, 2016.

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• I was born in London and lived there until I was five. We traveled a lot. But really San Diego is my hometown. It's where I went to high school.

  Emily Ratajkowski

  School, San Diego, Hometown

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• I'm a big soccer fanatic, and although I support a team called Tottenham Hotspur in London - I love that team, I wear their symbol around my neck on a chain - I've always had a soft spot for this little club.

  Adam Richman

  Soccer, Team, Support

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• All things start in California and spread to New Jersey, then to London and then throughout Europe.

  Stelios Haji-Ioannou

  Europe, California, Jersey

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