Carine Roitfeld Quotes
I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
Quotes to Explore
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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Voting for a candidate for the DC circuit is very different from confirming someone to the US Supreme Court. I have been very clear that the Senate should not confirm any nominee in a lame duck session.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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The spiritual message is we lose our lives in pleasing others; if you're the good child who pleases Mommy and Daddy but internalizes anger, you're setting yourself up for disease.
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When I started writing 'Luck in the Shadows,' I just wanted to create an adventure story.
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I don't think people ever were free of fear of death, but clinging to life and being so unprepared for it is a modern experience.
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When you treat yourself with the kindness and high regard that you would give to one of your spiritual heroes, your body becomes the epicenter of quiet joy rather than a battlefield for the ego.
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I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
