Edward Carpenter Quotes
Every human being grows up inside a sheath of custom, which enfolds it as the swathing clothes enfold the infant.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
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I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.
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You love for a quarterback to sometimes make the decision as the rush is coming and make the decision as the play, as opposed to where that computer is hitting it fast and he's knowing where to go with the ball at the right time.
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My mom is super fabulous, and I remember her telling me at 13, 'You can start wearing makeup now.' And the funny thing is, I didn't take her up on it!
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My style, in terms of what I wear, is kind of representative of the music.
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I wasn't a spy. I'd have been spotted in five seconds. Yes, I was in intelligence, but that covered a multitude of things.
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I look at my Twitter feed sometimes, and there's just people tearing apart other performers.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.
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The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.
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Every human being grows up inside a sheath of custom, which enfolds it as the swathing clothes enfold the infant.
