Amanda Filipacchi Quotes
We think we know people. We think that what we see is all there is. We rarely ask ourselves what goes on behind the curtain. We jump to conclusions. And we take everything very personally.
Quotes to Explore
-
I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
-
I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
-
A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
-
I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
-
If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
-
I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
-
Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
-
I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
-
I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
-
I think higher education is over-regulated.
-
I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.
-
I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.
-
I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.
-
I can think of no other writer who so thoroughly embodies the Jamesian spirit as Alison Lurie. Like him she can excavate all the possibilities of a theme. Like his, her books seem long, unbroken threads, seamless progressions of effects.
-
If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
-
I don't think it's an exciting thing to move back in with your parents.
-
I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
-
I think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself.
-
In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny.
-
I think that a lot of terrorists have been middle class and, more surprisingly, many of them have been people who were not directly affected by the things they're angry about.
-
See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.
-
When I was younger, I avoided exercise or anything strenuous. I didn't even enjoy walking. As I got older, I spent so much time marking books or sitting at a desk writing that there was no room for exercise - not that I would have bothered anyway.
-
I was a very fearful little kid, and I would always see the worst in everything. The glass was half-empty. I would see people kissing, and I would think one was trying to bite the other.
-
We think we know people. We think that what we see is all there is. We rarely ask ourselves what goes on behind the curtain. We jump to conclusions. And we take everything very personally.
