Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.
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Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.
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Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.
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If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
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Russia's assertiveness in global affairs is something I look upon with great concern, which we need to address with eyes wide open and a healthy degree of skepticism.
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If you listen too much, you won't be able to create.
