Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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All the energy, all the pain, sweat and tears that go into it, the amount I had to put in to get me to where I had to play, it was more taxing on me physically and mentally than it was good for me.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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I'm a professional, and I know what I have to do. I know where I've failed and how I've grown up.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
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It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I actually started singing in church when I was about five years old. I remember looking at the choirs and just hearing all of those great big beautiful voices. And there was this one woman who could just wail. And I remember trying to sing like her when I was like going home.
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My feeling is... when you show up to a movie set where there's, like, 50 people standing around and months of preparation gone into it, you want to be as prepared as possible, so you should make a million baguettes. That might not actually help in any explicit way, but it'll make you feel more prepared.
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For me, it's about being comfortable... but I can feel comfortable in a thong leotard and on stage. Growing up as a dancer, that's how I'm comfortable in my body. It's about where you grew up and those things; it's a way of communicating your spirit to the world.
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America has the largest nuclear capability in the world. All this power neither prevented 9/11 nor helped to avenge it. How could it? Who would America have attacked?
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I like my women very green; you know, eco-friendly.
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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
