Esther Peterson (Esther Eggertsen Peterson) Quotes
I go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always compromise, but compromise upwards.'
Esther Peterson
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.
Kate Winslet
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Society becomes how we behave.
Gavin Newsom
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
Fat Joe
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When I first started out, I found it really hard to be rejected all the time. You invest in a casting, you prepare and get excited about it, then when I fail and don't get it, it makes me question whether I should be a model.
Barbara Palvin
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I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
Carine Roitfeld
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The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one ... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer by sacrificing some of our liberties. We did it during the McCarthy era out of fear of communism. Less liberty is regularly proposed as a solution to crime, to pornography, to illegal immigration, to abortion, to all kinds of threats.
Molly Ivins
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
Hailee Steinfeld
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One of the things Thich Nhat Hanh taught me: he says, "When you're in a hurry, go slower." That works every time, unless you're trying to catch a plane.
Sandra Cisneros
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I go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always compromise, but compromise upwards.'
Esther Peterson
