Mario Testino Quotes
I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but it was intensified by my sister, Elena, who is one year older than me. I used to hang out with her all the time, and whenever I travelled, I used to buy her clothes and style her.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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Books keep the mind active. Without them, complacency is a huge danger.
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As for my personal style, I like comfort a lot, like jeans and T-shirts. Having been a trainer for so long, I spend a lot of my days in tank tops, shorts, and T-shirts. Still, I do like the occasions where I get to wear suits and make that a thing.
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I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but it was intensified by my sister, Elena, who is one year older than me. I used to hang out with her all the time, and whenever I travelled, I used to buy her clothes and style her.
