Carolina Herrera Quotes
I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.
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There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks like a manly man.
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I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.
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When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.
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I respect all women who came before me to blaze trails into the workplace for us.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
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I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
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Men have not stacked the decks against women.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.
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There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.
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We did some research that showed that the very first word of your message that you send a girl - when we looked at men sending messages to women - the very first word can have a tremendous... can have a very accurate prediction of whether you're going to get a reply.
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Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
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It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
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There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
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When I was younger, I didn't want to come to WWE because I didn't fit into the mold. I couldn't identify myself with the term 'diva.' The divas brand was meant to put a spotlight on the women, but the term, to me, felt more glamorous than me.
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Men in high heels? That's a prosthesis. But I sympathise. Women have these giant heels. They get taller and taller. The men need help. But a man in heels is ridiculous.
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And then when I got home I burrowed about among my books, arranging their volumes and loving the feel of them.
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I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.
