Elle Macpherson (Eleanor Nancy Gow) Quotes
I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling.
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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Capital isn't scarce; vision is.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.
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You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.
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Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric and maybe cranky.
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I have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them i wonder if it might not be the same with the human race
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Excess of severity is not the path to order. On the contrary, it is the path to the bomb.
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I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling.
