Vera Wang Quotes

It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world. I can't say I really approve of it.

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little idea of how the world sees us. And those disturbing facts keep getting us into a lot of trouble.

I absolutely do believe that we need to not be so myopic. We ought to throw open widely the windows on the world in order to learn more about it.

I'd just like to see athletes awake. And aware. There's so much going on and so much to know... We stay in our little boxes and don't think much about the outside world.

Probably over half of America does not have a passport. If young people could spend two weeks of their life in India or pick an African country to go to for 2-3 weeks and really see how life can be. That might be a real good thing because I think they would see things even if the trip was a nightmare. I think they might understand more of the mechanics of the world.

The City of Angels is a microcosm of the world, and so living in L.A. makes me feel like a citizen of the world.

One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business.

The sense of perspective that interaction with multiple cultures gives you I find to be extremely valuable, because it allows you to see the structure of a country with greater clarity, and gives you a sense of mental independence.

Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights.

I like the chance to work on material. Sometimes it helps to not be going into a room cold and to know people.

I want to act in America's interest and stop making shallow, sweeping claims about countries we don't fully understand and hope everything will be fine in the end. I saw that happen and it didn't work.

I've worked on jobs where there are almost 200 people on set... you always make an effort to have a relationship but you can't really when there's 200.

I definitely have some colleagues that I respect, and we get together from time to time. But I actually have just like genuine friends.

Yes, for most people nowadays television is their only contact with the world beyond their work.

I made friends with a lot of those who could have criticized me in print and who didn't, who praised me instead.

The immense value of becoming acquainted with a foreign language is that we are thereby led into a new world of tradition and thought and feeling.

I think the chemistry on the Orange set is extraordinary and I’m going to risk and say this: I think by virtue of the fact that there are not so many men, we are free to be absolutely authentic. There is a lot of freedom and trust.

How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting.

The people I'm working with tend to be people I know, who are my friends, and I like hanging out with them. There's nothing better than making a long-term project with your friends. It's just dreamy.

The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.

For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is.

So many Americans, for one reason or another, they watch the news and it doesn't really give them the idea of the world. Or they don't read or travel. They have no idea that America is part of the world and not the world itself.

The people [in the USA] are not very well informed. They certainly don't know history. They certainly are not interested in foreign affairs very much, unless it comes right to their doorstep. They all learn history through wars. They learn geography through wars.

I find that through the study of women, you get to the heart - the truth - of the culture.