Christy Turlington Quotes
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.
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I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out a fantasy version of yourself.
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I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion.
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Lady Diana Spencer looked to relatively unknown designers - David and Elizabeth Emanuel, recently graduated from the Royal College of Art - when she wed Prince Charles in 1981.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
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I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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At its very best, the Western model speaks for itself. It's the model that put food on the table. It's the refrigerators. It put a man on the moon.
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When I think of Emily Dickinson, there's not one particular poem of hers that jumps out, but I do have a very vivid image of an ill woman with giant eyes who wants to write about the sun exploding.
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I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.
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I came to Mumbai in 2000 to do a hotel management course. Following this, I worked as a marketing executive with Hotel Sheraton in Muscat for a year. It was in 2004 that I participated in the Gladrags Mr. India contest and bagged the most popular model award. After that, I did few ramp shows and ads.
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The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.
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Stevie Wonder used to come the ball games and they would have a guy sitting with him. And the guy would be holding on to his arm, telling him what's going on, and he would say, "Hey, the big chocolate guy just put down a thunder dunk. The chocolate guy with another monster dunk." And Stevie Wonder actually gave me the nickname Chocolate Thunder.
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My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history.
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I've always eaten well and have a balanced diet.
