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The more successful I become, the more I want to remain like me, with my defects and insecurities.
There can be nothing without love. No money, no power. Love is very important. When you wake up in the morning, you need to know that somebody else is waking up, thinking of you.
These days, as I am older and wiser, I realize that there is a danger in becoming an icon, as people can see you as remote and untouchable, and they are less willing to tolerate you doing things that don't fit with their preconceived idea of you.
These designers have no reserve. They've chosen a path and thrown themselves onto it head first, regardless of everything. Whether or not their designs are sellable or vulgar. As long as it's new and people talk about it. That is the truth.
This is the problem with the world today: Nobody wants to take risks, to risk being themselves.
This is very much my philosophy as a fashion designer. I have never believed in design for design's sake. For me, the most important thing is that people actually wear my clothes. I do not design for the catwalk or for magazine shoots - I design for customers.
War taught me that not everything is glamorous.
When I started Giorgio Armani in the mid-'70s, I realized that women needed a way to dress that was equivalent to that of men - something that would give them dignity, an attitude that would help them handle their work life.
When I started, I had nothing. Because my family was really, really, really poor.
Why do I put myself in a position to be cast aside or not considered as I would like to? Because I am a creative mind, because I still aspire to be one.
Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.
You have to have doubts. I have collaborators I work with. I listen, and then I decide. That's how it works.
If the constitutional process is not brought to a successful conclusion before the European elections, then the whole process might run out of steam.
It is a responsibility we perceive from the entire international community to protect the stability of the single currency as well as the European frame work.
It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.
It's not just we Italians who are caught up in the difficulty.
No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the financial collapse of Italy. The sacrifices will not be in vain, especially if the economy begins to grow again.
No part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse.
Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect.
Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts to build a community of nations.
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Adam Weishaupt
Profession
Clergyman
BirthDate
06 February, 1748
DeathDate
18 November, 1830
Country
Germany
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