Christy Turlington Quotes
I have a son and a daughter; I try to teach them equally about balance, gender, and gender equity.
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We seem, as a culture, to start to adhere to these antiheroes and have grown tired of the traditional, straight-up-and-down good guy.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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There's nothing so unattractive as vanity... particularly male vanity.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined.
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Whenever I don't' have to wear makeup, it's a good day.
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Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.
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I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.
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The best thing to do when you're writing is to write about something you know instead of pretending. I mean, you can do that too, obviously, but when you write from your heart, it works so much better.
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I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.
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It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer and stuff like that.
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I get scared easily, so I'm not one for just sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and watching horror stories. But, I mean, I'm learning more. Maybe one day I'd like to be able to watch them.
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There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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What I am really curious about is the visuals of cinema... the form.
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It is my policy to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to deepen security and economic relations as well as personal exchanges.
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To tell you the truth, I was turning into a little spoiled brat after 'Rocky V.'
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Although it's hard some days to wake up an hour earlier to do the gym workout as opposed to other skaters who just show up to the rink, I know that if I don't do it, my day will be much worse. I might as well not even skate, actually.
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As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.
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Only the artists interest me whose hearts beat in unison with the poignant misery of the world. If you have not felt that, you have not lived. Pity is essential.
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My friends once told me I remind them of the main character from the American comedy series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I thought they must mean a sunny, affable girl-next-door, but instead I was confronted with Larry David! Crabby, moody, perversely neurotic Larry David. And the thing is, my friends were right.
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We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening. We have to talk to them, maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way. Somebody will say, 'Oh, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish people. We have a lot of foolish people.
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I have a son and a daughter; I try to teach them equally about balance, gender, and gender equity.
