Carine Roitfeld Quotes
I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
Quotes to Explore
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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Voting for a candidate for the DC circuit is very different from confirming someone to the US Supreme Court. I have been very clear that the Senate should not confirm any nominee in a lame duck session.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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I am heartily sick of this life & of the nineteenth century in general. I am convinced that every thing is going wrong.
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The way to write is well, and how is your own business.
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I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
