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Didn't need the user icon to know you're white and male. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden

icon, if you could even call it an icon, seemed to be — Mark Wayne McGinnis

So nice to be a fashion icon in my day. — Hillary Clinton

Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help. — Princess Diana

Fashion icon to me is somebody who has, the first person who struck you and introduced you to the world of fashion, and that person is my mom. — Nicole Richie

To be an icon is a big job - it's beyond acting. And sometimes it pays, and sometimes it doesn't. — Isabella Rossellini

Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created. — Aaron Stanford

Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear. — Ashley Madekwe

Kurt went from an unknown to icon of a generation. It was like crashing your car and having everyone cheer you on as you crawl out of the wreck. — Nicolas Otero

This is so cliche, but my beauty icon would have to be Angelina Jolie. She looks like she wears natural makeup, but she's still beautiful. — Tila Tequila

Harrison Ford is absolutely amazing. He is a Hollywood icon, and just to work with him was absolutely incredible. — Carly Schroeder

I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon. — Aisha Tyler

I don't think I'm a gay icon. I have no axe to grind. I mean, I'm clearly not homophobic! I'm not pro or con. — Steve-O

It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon. — Michael Ritchie

On the Web no subject is sacrosanct. No one, from icon to unknown, is off-limits. — Willow Bay

Eventually, I would love to be on my deathbed and looked at as an icon. Right now I'm still at the baby stages of my career. But that is the goal. — Kesha

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity. — Karl Lagerfeld

A praying mother symbolizes grace, strength and wisdom; she is an icon of productivity and ingenuity. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Here she was with a vampire. A horror icon. A six-foot-eight, 280-pound horror icon with a set of teeth on him like a Doberman pinscher. — J.R. Ward

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though. — Lady Gaga

The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. — John Of Damascus

Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon. — Bruce Dickinson

A hamburger is an icon of layered circles, the circle being at once the most spiritual and the most sensual of shapes. — Tom Robbins

My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort — Isabella Blow

There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon. — Paris Hilton

Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition. — Ryan Seacrest

The stiletto is the icon of erotic femininity. You're taller, thinner and curvier, all at the same time. What's not to like? — Valerie Steele

When I write a novel, I have what I think of as an icon that helps get me into the world of the book. — Anna Quindlen

I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals ... I would call me more of a monkey. — Jennifer Lawrence

The endangered Kiwi is aptly New Zealand's icon. There is so much promise to lay a large egg but without the ability to get it off the ground. — Grant McLachlan

The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture. — Julian Fellowes

I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it. — Edmund Hillary

John Lee Hooker became a friend of mine and I love all of his work. He was truly an icon. He lived the life. I miss him. — Mick Fleetwood

Until the album is perfect and every track sounds like a single and has a world-renowned icon on it, it's not done. — Riff Raff

Today, the world lost a creative icon. Michelle and I join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of Prince. — Barack Obama

My ultimate style icon is Grace Jones. — Nick Rhodes

Some believe that as an icon the image of Oscar Wilde is too old and notorious
all right, not an icon, let him be our oriflamme. — Lara Biyuts

Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse. — Warren Spector

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon. — Cam Newton

I've turned from an ordinary Australian housewife into a gigastar, icon, talk-show host, swami, spin doctor ... and now I'm a style guru! — Barry Humphries

Alexander McQueen ... The fashion world has not only lost an icon but we have also lost a very special friend. — Donatella Versace

It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm. — Charles Jencks

I think a lot of people look to me as a sort of lifestyle icon. — Jade Jagger

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon. — Valentino Rossi

I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now. — Pete Sampras

I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon. — Tori Spelling

I'm a tomboy and quite clumsy, so I'm more like the anti-sexy icon. — Kimberley Nixon

I don't want an icon. Not on my wall, not in my bed. I want the woman, Nikki. I want you. — J. Kenner

I don't want to be compared to Brad Pitt because I don't want to, you know, disappoint anybody. Brad Pitt is an icon. — Chord Overstreet

I feel very fortunate to be compared to somebody so incredible. Michael Jackson's an icon. — Justin Timberlake

Being a sexual icon is sort of like being the front man for an Orange County punk band: As soon as you can explain why you're necessary, you're over. — Chuck Klosterman

It's always intimidating to meet an icon. — Jennifer O'Neill

I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me. — Natasha Bedingfield

For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa. — Neil MacGregor

Red notification bubbles on any icon, including mail, drive me crazy. — Matt Mullenweg

If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I'll have to risk it. — Andy Weir

The idea that Taylor Swift would become the giant pop icon of 2015, 2016 - she's really good, but I don't think it's written in the stars. — Cass Sunstein

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok. — Zaha Hadid

I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought it together. It reminds me of her. — Joe Bastianich

Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for - in other words, cheered on - by people who feel different. — Liza Minnelli

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist. — John Legend

Barbie is my fashion icon. People think I'm Paris Barbie - and it's a compliment. — Paris Hilton

There have been top supermodels in the past that weren't as tall as the industry demands, like fashion icon Kate Moss. — Tyra Banks

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry. — Corey Feldman

Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions. — Patricia Ireland

Janet Jackson is an icon, I've been honored to meet her a few times, working with her would be amazing. — Eric West

I am the showstopper. The main event. The Icon that can still go. — Shawn Michaels

Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people. — Tracy Morgan

The showstopper! The icon! The main event! — Shawn Michaels

The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player. — Ricky Williams

Meeting Perry Farrel was kind of cool. He's such an icon, and I was such a fan of Jane's Addiction. — James Mercer

I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon. — Diana Ross

That is what [Andy] Warhol portraits do: They elevate the subject into an icon of the pop culture he was documenting. — Giorgio Armani

Audrey Hepburn, for me, was the end-all, be-all style icon. — Natalie Morales

NBC's The West Wing is an icon for bad stories; Gitmo is a place where we keep an eye on evil, dangerous people who want to kill us. — Ann Coulter

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing. — Audrey Hepburn

I don't see myself as an icon, because I just wear whatever I want to wear. — Britney Spears

I love being called a fashion icon! — Sonam Kapoor

Hell was never God's intention. It is man's invention. It is a human-manufactured religious icon, no less idolatrous than deifying a statue. — Carlton D. Pearson

In becoming an icon, it is useful to die young. — John Updike

I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position. — Sandra Bernhard

You can judge this book by its cover. — Tom Icon

My occupation is assistant storyteller. It is not "icon." — Harrison Ford

I'm not an icon. Not even in America. — John Mayer

Mexico has lost an icon whose work has transcended generations and borders — Enrique Pena Nieto

I love the classic trucker jacket as an icon of rock 'n' roll and rebellion. — Shepard Fairey

Patrick Swayze is a fantastic man and an inspiration to work with. He is a fearless cowboy type and a movie icon. — Travis Fimmel

I've never really compared myself to anyone who's a big star - I'm not trying to be a fashion icon or get famous. — Katy B

I'm very flattered to be called a style icon! But it's simple, my style; it's just men's suits and shoes. That's the basic premise. — Charlotte Rampling

It's not too bad to be a sort of pop icon, you know? It's not too tough to handle. — Lynda Carter

The Icon'ry, Aunt Bees said, held Valleysmen's past an' present all t'gether — David Mitchell

I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful. — Erno Rubik

I never think about myself as an icon ... I just do my thing. — Audrey Hepburn

Efficiency, once the sole icon on the hill, must make room for adaptability in structures, processes, and mind-sets that is often uncomfortable. — Stanley McChrystal

I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon. — Karl Lagerfeld

There is only going to be one Kate Moss. Kate is an icon. — Naomi Campbell

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb. — Shane Claiborne

Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse — William Shatner

The idea of a visual icon that gives you a sense of information very quickly and that you can easily just say "That's what the style is." — DJ Spooky

Kate Hudson is my style icon. — Shantel VanSanten