Lily Donaldson Quotes
I've worn jeans until they're ripped all the way around the crotch and I can't wear them any longer. You get so attached to jeans, they're like old friends.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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My hunger is always there.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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Yeah, I'm running for the White House again. Well, it's not a run, really; it's sort of a brisk walk.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.
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A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.
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I was really inspired by these larger-than-life female artists like Lee Bontecou and Eva Hesse and Yvonne Rainier and the incredible Lynda Benglis. There were many women who were really driven and became successful, who were part of essential paradigm shifts, despite the fact that the art world was still dominated by men.
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I came from the outer suburbs of Melbourne, so you do learn how to survive in that environment.
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I was crazy back then, I must admit. I had an extreme attitude.
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Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions.
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The condition of the United States in the post-postmodern, or post-post-irony period. It's what the country will become when there is nothing left but mediated images of its substance.
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I've worn jeans until they're ripped all the way around the crotch and I can't wear them any longer. You get so attached to jeans, they're like old friends.
