Elie Tahari Quotes

#1. Getting up in the morning and loving what you do is a dream come true.

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#2. New York. Truly, this is the only city that I feel this energy. Everyone is accepted. This is the first place that I felt open and that I can do everything.

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#3. Every day has its own challenges, and every day those challenges make us stronger.

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#4. Follow the truth to life and love what you do ... Be passionate about it to the point where you're willing to do anything for it.

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#5. I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.

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#6. New York accepts everybody. It doesn't matter your sex, color, religion. Everybody works together to create a better life.

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#7. You can only be connected to others if you are connected to yourself and the truth inside.

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#8. If you like something, go for it.

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#9. Don't bring me problems. Bring me solutions.

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#10. Even a kick in the ass is good when you're facing the right direction.

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#11. Whatever energy you put out there, that's the energy you're going to get back.

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#12. I worked in a boutique after work, my second job, selling women's clothes. And that was a way of not just making money but meeting women. That was very exciting job. I loved that job.

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#13. I grew up in different orphanages in Israel, and if they gave me a pair of shoes, a shirt, and pair of pants every year, I was lucky. The rest was handouts, leftover clothes. So I appreciated clothes because I only had one new shirt each year.

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#14. Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It's an animalistic instinct for survival.

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#15. I don't walk around feeling like I'm successful. I feel like I did well.

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#16. I got involved in fashion by accident. When I got to New York, my intention was to have enough money to eat and to stay and I don't have to leave. I just loved New York - the energy, the culture, the freedom.

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#17. Love is a key ingredient for creativity.

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#18. Clothing should be quieter than the woman so that her true beauty can shine through.

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#19. It's not about the outside, it's the inside. But dressing on the outside can help the inside.

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#20. If you love what you do, it won't be work.

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#21. It doesn't matter if it's raining and dark. The sun is shining above the clouds.

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#22. Financially I'm comfortable. But life has a lot more in store for me.

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