Christy Turlington Quotes
My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are, and it's a job I take quite seriously.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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It's super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it - from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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I know I look super young.
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When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.
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I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's not really hard. It's kind of boring, really. It looks good at the end, but to shoot it, it's not the most exciting thing.
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I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
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Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
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A lot of the people of the Midwest came from the Northeast. We're of the same stock. Yet something must have happened when we crossed the Ohio River Valley because I have sensed that there's more of an openness and flexibility of spirit out West.
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Women tend to reinvest their proceeds in one another, in their communities, in their children.
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The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 12 years old: it set my life on a different path. Next, I read 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy, then 'The Silmarillion' and Homers 'The Odyssey' and every Greek/Roman/Viking myth book I could get my hands on. Pretty heavy reading for a 12 year old.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now.
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My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are, and it's a job I take quite seriously.
