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Rants & raves.


"It's hard to explain; it's a Mexican idiosyncrasy idiosyncrasy /id·io·syn·cra·sy/ (-sing´krah-se)
1. a habit peculiar to an individual.

2. an abnormal susceptibility to an agent (e.g., a drug) peculiar to an individual.
, but you're more macho if you fuck men, you know?"

--Y Tu Mama Tambien star Gael Garcia Bernal, as quoted in the April issue of The Face

"It's the nicest reception I've received in 3,000 years."

--Past-lives believer Shirley MacLaine, acknowledging her standing ovation upon receiving the Vanguard Award from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation at the group's Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  media awards ceremony, April 13

"For Yves, [fashion] was torture,, torture, torture.... And why tell people that you suffered to make a taffeta taffeta, cloth, originally silk but now also made of synthetic fibers, supposed to have originated in Persia. The name, derived from Persian, means "twisted woven." Taffeta is in the same class and demand as satin made of silk.  dress when you make the same dress as you did six months ago? Please! People buy your dresses to be happy, not to know about the dramas of a crying alcoholic."

--Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld Karl 'Leather Face' Lagerfeld (born Karl Otto Lagerfeldt on September 10, 1933) is widely recognized as one of the most influential fashion designers of the late 20th century He has collaborated with a variety of different fashion labels, with Chloé, Fendi and Chanel the , on the comments made by fellow out designer Yves Saint Laurent Saint Lau·rent or Saint-Lau·rent  

A city of southern Quebec, Canada, an industrial suburb of Montreal. Population: 77,391.
 on his recent retirement, as quoted on Fashion Wire Daily, April 9

"Being on the cover changed my life.... Everything that followed, publicitywise, was a result of that cover."

--Christopher Rice, on his August 29, 2000, Advocate cover story, as quoted in the premiere issue of Zink magazine, on sale in April
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 28, 2002
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