Marisa Berenson Quotes
I do think I learned to accept myself through the eyes of others when I was young because I wasn't brought up to think that I was beautiful or told I was beautiful.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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My style of singing is very much Latin jazz meets Latin and a little bit of rhythm and blues. When I do ballads, my fans love it. They want to listen to my classics. They want to party.
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Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don't like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
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Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.
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In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.
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Where we are as a nation is due to having an openness to the people of the world. It's incredibly important. I firmly believe that we cannot shut our borders to immigrants. I think a fair and just immigration policy is good for our country and good for our society.
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I'm passionate about speaking out against bullying and speaking up for self-awareness with young people and body-image issues and self-esteem issues.
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What’s burning?” “Your brain.
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My mother is a strong woman. Her strength comes from being tested by life's unpredictability. It comes from soldiering on for her children, even when she might rather have given up. I know it hasn't always come easily, but I also know it's her greatest gift.
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I do think I learned to accept myself through the eyes of others when I was young because I wasn't brought up to think that I was beautiful or told I was beautiful.
