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Crime is a product of social excess. ”
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. ”
The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything. ”
I love designing at the moment, I'm so happy with my work. ”
I think some people would love to be able to make the clothes I make - and of course, I do influence them, but they keep simplifying, and minimalism doesn't quite work. ”
Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes. ”
The capitalist system is about taking from the Earth and from the other great commodity, labour. What's happening with this system is that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and the only way out of it is supposed to be growth. But growth is debt. It's going to make the situation worse. ”
In 1958, my father graduated from secondary school as the highest-achieving student in the state of Kansas, earning a five-year scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He turned it down. For someone raised in a remote farming town, this would have been his opportunity to transform his life, a ticket to a bigger world. ”
The most valuable lesson I learned in dealing with the ups and downs was to invest in my employees - to do all I could for them when the times were good. ”
Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate. ”