Veruschka von Lehndorff Quotes
In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk.
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The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
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In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
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I respect all women who came before me to blaze trails into the workplace for us.
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We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.
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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
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But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'
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I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.
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In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
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Fashion is capitalism, and it will be fixed by what the market demands.
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I love to walk through the streets of Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre. The Spanish colonial buildings are in bright colors, two stories high, with these intricate wooden, windowed balconies.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.
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I don't like actors, I like women.
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I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.
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Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.
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Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.
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You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.
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As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience.
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In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk.
