Dita Von Teese Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
-
I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
-
Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
-
With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge.
-
Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
-
My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.
-
A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, but enough so that it doesn't atrophy.
-
I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.
-
When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
-
For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
-
Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
-
There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong.
-
When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.
-
I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.
-
Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.
-
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
Gail Devers -
All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.
-
I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.
-
The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came from the fact that we had grown up before rock n' roll. We listened to all the great songwriters and big bands, songs with great lyrics and melodies. I think that really influenced everybody.
-
I did standup comedy. I opened once for Jay Leno.
-
My life wasn't always smooth sailing. Two members of my family were diagnosed with cancer, so I spent a lot of time in hospitals and giving home care. Several close friends died. I fell in love with the wrong person. And I was working all the time but still sliding into debt. My life wasn't anything like I thought it would be. And then I got in a bad car accident. I walked away, but it was like a splash of cold water. The next day, I started writing Twelve Lives. Sometimes, when you're backed into a corner and have nothing to lose, it's a great place to write from.
-
We are in a culture where it's so easy to just turn things off that you don't like. And I think that doesn't make you a well-rounded person or artist. You have to be able to take the good with the bad and have opinions on things!
-
If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.
-
Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.
