#appearances

Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by the dozen may arrive and be glad-handed for a time, but they are unwise if they choose to live there because the town is, perhaps even creditably, committed to recognising only professional success, and nothing else, to be of lasting value. The burdensome obligation imposed on all its inhabitants is therefore to present themselves as successes, because otherwise they forfeit their right to respect in that environment ... There is no place in that town for the "interesting failure" or for anyone who is not determined on a life that will be shaped in a upward-heading curve. ↗

— Julian Fellowes

#california #failure #los-angeles #materialism #society

He was doing - Ray was designing the clothes for my mom's show from California. And one of the first appearances I ever made on television was on my mother's show and Ray and Bob did the clothes for that. It has been a long time. ↗

— Liza Minnelli

#been #bob #california #clothes #designing

People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it. ↗

— Perry Como

#ambitious #appearances #competitive #fooled #i

My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000. ↗

— Charles Van Doren

#appearances #total #were

I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#appearances #businessman #i #make #still

Beckham is a nice man and I'm sure he will reach 100 appearances for England. But he is just a good player, nothing more. ↗

— Diego Maradona

#beckham #england #good #i #just

Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#down #headache #hold #i #mine

My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country. ↗

— Minnie Pearl

#around #country #elvis #first #flew

I find it an effort to keep up appearances. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#effort #find #i #keep #up

I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people's minds. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#always #apart #appearances #because #begin