NITCH

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Miuccia Prada // "These girls throw away so much energy in this search for beauty and sexiness... Because women have the stress of being beautiful, of age and youth. Men don't have all that. And with women, that stress causes a lot of mistakes and bad choices—a lot of not being their true self."

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Bernard Buffet // "We do not talk about it, we do not analyze it, we feel it."

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Jenny Holzer // "It can be startling to see someone's breath, let alone the breathing of a crowd. You usually don't believe that people extend that far."

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George Lucas // "Always remember, your focus determines your reality."

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Iris Apfel // "Never be afraid to stop traffic."

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Franz Kafka // "Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your soul... Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly."

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Steve McQueen // "As far as inspiration is concerned...It's like catching butterflies... Can you get it? Is that possible? I don't know but one has to try."

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Ai Weiwei // "Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the Internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word...even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper."

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Paramahansa Yogananda // "It is not your passing thoughts or brilliant ideas so much as your plain everyday habits that control your life... Live simply."

Photo of Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy // "Greetings, I am pleased to see that we are different. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us."

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Mick Jagger // "The only performance that makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness."

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Alan Fletcher // "I'd sooner do the same on Monday or Wednesday as I do on a Saturday or Sunday. I don't divide my life between labor and pleasure."