Amanda de Cadenet Quotes
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The most beautiful girl in the room not only gets the guy, she lands the job, gets better service at a restaurant, rises through the social ranks before her friends. Doors open for the beautiful woman that may not for a female who is twice as smart but half as beautiful.
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Things are only as important as you make them out to be.
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Only when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired do any of us do something different.
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I could do a show with men; I'd love to do that, but it's women that I know and understand.
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When young people implode, we judge them rather than saying they need help.
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Being a young woman is difficult enough, but add to that the pressures of Hollywood's spotlight, and you have a lot to navigate.
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If I could wave a magic wand, I would be a size 6 and still be able to eat cake every day.
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At age 14, you are just beginning to work out who you think you are, and being famous is a huge distortion of reality, and it's not healthy for a young person to be considered more special than their peers. So, I would say it hindered my self-esteem but in later years gave me a great perspective that I wouldn't have if I hadn't experienced that.
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I try to make things that are not elitist.
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Portia de Rossi is a gorgeous woman, and I found it incredibly refreshing to discover that she puts very little stock in her appearance, instead preferring to concentrate on what goodness she can put into the world around her - a choice we can all learn from.
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Glenda Bailey is a woman after my own heart who believes that climbing the career ladder can be overrated, to say the least. After all, why not just go for what you want now?
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People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.
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Sitting down with the insightful Gabourey Sidibe was a wonderful experience.
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I grew up in front of the camera from an early age. It distorts your perception of who you are. Having a lot of attention at a young age is not healthy.
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I'd personally like to see more 'real bodies' in magazines.
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I've never interviewed anyone where I set out to try to persuade them to reveal something. Instead, it's about creating a space that allows someone to be authentic without judgment on my part.
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Female friendships have sustained me from my earliest days as a child.
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I'd like to interview Rita Ora - I think she's really cool.
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I went from being able to walk down the street and be ignored to having men whistle at me. I was an insecure young girl, and it felt good to have attention, even though it was inappropriate.
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As a kid, I trained to be an Olympic gymnast. My schedule was rigorous. Four hours a day, Monday through Saturday, I was at the gym. My body was like a boy's, narrow hips, flat-chested, wide shoulders. When I was 12, I badly injured my ankle and was forced to stop training immediately.
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My daughter gave me a whole new perspective.
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Freedom is... not to be bound by my wounds. And to be able to eat cake every day.
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There are women who are just extraordinary, who are smart and brilliant, sensual women in their 70s and even 80s!
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You can lose who you are so easily when you're being so many things to so many different people.