Elena Ferrante Quotes

How many things pass through time randomly detached from the bodies and voices of persons. My mother knew the art of making clothes last forever.

Elena Ferrante

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• Voices
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• When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Young
  • Clothes
  • Brains

• Putting on someone else's clothes is like putting on a mask.

  

  Nancy Jo Sales
  • Clothes
  • Someone
  • Mask

• I don't spend a lot of money on clothes, which is weird because I am a fashion model, but when it comes to the new collections coming out, I am just praying designers send it to me for free.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Money
  • Fashion
  • Model

• Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Me
  • Look
  • Clothes

• It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Funny
  • Thought
  • Clothes

• I just do what's comfortable for me, whether it's getting fresh haircuts, or the clothes that I wear. It's simple; I'm just me. I don't really go out of my way. I do make sure my face is washed and moisturized, though.

  

  Lance Gross
  • Me
  • Simple
  • Clothes

• When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes.

  

  Calamity Jane
  • Men
  • Home
  • Clothes

• I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff.

  

  Natasha Bedingfield
  • Time
  • Job
  • Remember

• Photographers have to make the clothes look fantastic; that's why we get paid.

  

  Patrick Demarchelier
  • Why
  • Look
  • Clothes

• If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing myself since I had complete control of the edit.

  

  Rachael Taylor
  • Control
  • Myself
  • Clothes

• Events are the best opportunities to experiment with clothes, as we have to stick to a character in films.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Character
  • Best
  • Clothes

• I never, never lend any of my own clothes for parts any more because you lose your clothes; they become the characters' clothes, and you can never wear them again.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • Never
  • Lose
  • Clothes

• It's something I am confident about. It gives me an adrenaline rush - who wouldn't want want to wear beautiful clothes and jewellery and look wonderful - it's a dream job for many.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Job
  • Dream
  • Clothes

• I hate picking out clothes.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Hate
  • Clothes
  • Out

• You don't feel as self-conscious if your clothes fit.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • You
  • Feel
  • Clothes

• When I was young, I made all of my own clothes.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • Young
  • Clothes
  • Own

• I'm tired of people taking off their clothes.

  

  Whitney Houston
  • People
  • Tired
  • Clothes

• Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I am like, 'This is a high-top day' or 'This is a bob day,' but when I get my clothes on that's when I see.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Up
  • High
  • Morning

• I am constantly trying to reflect the way women are treated. It's hard to interpret that in clothes or in a show but there's always an underlying, sinister side to women's sexuality in my work because of the way I have seen women treated in my life. Where I come from, a woman met a man, had babies, moved to Dagenham, two up two down, made the dinner, went to bed. That was my image of women and I didn't want that. I wanted to get that out of my head.

  

  Alexander McQueen
  • Life
  • Up
  • Work

• Actors are the jockeys of literature. Others supply the horses, the plays, and we simply make them run.

  

  Ralph Richardson
  • Literature
  • Actors
  • Jockeys

• I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now feels like McDonalds. It's quick–fix. You kind of have a stomachache afterwards.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • People
  • Music
  • Right

• How many things pass through time randomly detached from the bodies and voices of persons. My mother knew the art of making clothes last forever.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Clothes
  • Bodies
  • Voices