Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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I am from the age of magazines, so the Internet is terrifying to me. But I am learning.
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As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.
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My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.
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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
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We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
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I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And I climbed the stairs, one by one.
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My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.
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To be a good model, you have to be very smart.
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People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.
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Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.
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I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
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I don't like intellectuals, or, at least, people who call themselves that way, because I am under the impression that there is always something condescending in their demeanour, and I don't like condescending people.
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I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.
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My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'
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I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.