Christy Turlington Quotes

I'd rather go naked than wear fur.

Christy Turlington

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• I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

  

  Takeshi Kitano
  • People
  • Free
  • Joy

• There are things I take sides about, like capital punishment, which it seems to me there is only one side about: it is evil. But there are two or three sides to sexual harassment, and the moment you get into particular cases, there is injustice in every conceivable direction. It's a mess.

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • Evil
  • Moment
  • Injustice

• The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.

  

  Ibrahim Babangida
  • Alone
  • Government
  • Progress

• Two young actresses I admire are Emma Stone and Emma Watson, because they are intelligent, talented actresses and have a great sense of humor. They have learned to balance what they love in life - acting, school and everything else.

  

  Kara Hayward
  • Life
  • Intelligent
  • Humor

• The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • American
  • America
  • Risk

• I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Chance

• Every major player is working on this technology of artificial intelligence. As of now, it's benign... but I would say that the day is not far off when artificial intelligence as applied to cyber warfare becomes a threat to everybody.

  

  Ted Bell
  • Technology
  • Day
  • Player

• For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Work
  • Great
  • Opportunity

• The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Death
  • Human
  • Consciousness

• I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Children
  • Father
  • Wife

• I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.

  

  Saffron Burrows
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Week

• Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • Done
  • Why
  • Road

• Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Business
  • Political
  • Military

• - man's heart is a wonderful thing, especially when carried in the purse -

  

  Karl Marx
  • Heart

• 2) Never be embarrased or ashamed about anything you choose to write. (Think of this before you send it to a market)

  

  Larry Niven

• Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the talent out there is being auditioned for parts.

  

  Elaine Paige
  • Dream
  • Theatre

• La confesión de uno humilla a todos.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• It's been fun. I've had a lucky life. Art has made me pull the best out of myself.

  

  LeRoy Neiman
  • Life
  • Art
  • Fun

• I was playing like a rugby league player with 14 rugby players.

  

  Benji Marshall
  • Playing
  • Players
  • Rugby

• When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.

  

  Andra Day
  • People
  • Respect
  • Famous

• At one level, SXSW exemplifies serendipity, because whenever I come, I get these unexpected meetings with people I never knew existed, and you couldn't have planned it. But by making the choice to come to SXSW, I'm increasing the probability of those encounters.

  

  John Hagel III
  • People

• I was mostly bullied by my classmates. People would come up to me and say, 'You're so dark.' I'd always fight back by calling out one of their insecurities, like, 'Well, you have a big nose.' Today, I'd tell them that I really love them. I'd thank them because they made me realize how unique I am.

  

  Khoudia Diop
  • People
  • Up
  • Today

• Then a overflowing desire comes to me, absurd, of a sort of satanism before Satan, in that one day ... an escape out of God can be found and the deepest of us stops, I don't know how, to be a part of being or not being.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • God
  • Desire
  • Satan

• I'd rather go naked than wear fur.

  

  Christy Turlington