Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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Everything always looked better in black and white. Everything always looked as if it were the first time; there's always more people in a black and white photograph. It just makes it seem that there were more people at a gig, more people at a football match, than with colour photography. Everything looks more exciting.
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I am only a dog lover, and I have a nice fawn-colored one at home.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.
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I'm always looking for that sense of fun and adventure and even unlikeability. I don't want to be the obvious leading lady. I have the most fun playing these girls who are a little damaged and maybe a little insecure and trying to overcompensate for it.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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MF Global used to be known as Man Financial, and it had a reasonably good reputation. It did a humdrum business placing commodities trades for fund managers as well as farmers, grain dealers and others whose livelihoods depend on the vagaries of commodity prices.
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
