Carine Roitfeld Quotes
At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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I haven't actually studied acting at all.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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You'd believe that a patient with hypertension, if you know you have hypertension or diabetes, you would take your drug every day. The compliance rate is more like 30% or 40%. Which means that 60% of patients don't take their drugs, and they actually go into these crises, end up in the hospital.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
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Think about how many dreams die with people - if you don't believe in yourself, whatever you're doing is for no reason.
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I like playing with a live band and I've got my act and we're fine.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.
