Claudia Schiffer Quotes
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There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is 'The Meditations.' It's not that I agree with either views expressed in the books, but I believe ideas and thoughts of older generations can offer food for thought for the current generation.
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I have some sarcastic sides of me.
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Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.
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The words of the world want to make sentences.
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I come from Holland, and there's a lot of nudity in film there.
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Love can't conquer anything. Love can't make a scholar into a warrior. Loving her can't make her love me.
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Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
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We have abolished space here on the little Earth; we can never abolish the space that yawns between the stars. Once again, as in the days when Homer sang, we are face-to-face with immensity and must accept its grandeur and terror, its inspiring possibilities and its dreadful restraints.
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When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.
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I knew my priority was acting, and school came second. If I had an audition and meetings, I did the school work later.
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I was never really interested in fashion before I started to work with Dior. I didn't see fashion as an art form.
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When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive.
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In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
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It's much easier for non-Indian companies to raise capital because they have profitable markets elsewhere. You might call it capital dumping, predatory pricing, or anti-WTO, but it's a very unfair playing field for Indian startups.
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We lived in one of those half-basement apartments, and on our first night of being in America, someone reached through the grate that protects the window and stole our laundry detergent - which wasn't a big deal, but it felt symbolic when I heard about it later as an adult.
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Some people cheer me on. Some people want me to do more Korean movies or TV series.
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I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own.
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I write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one. … In return for picking up one of my books, I'm trying to give them value for their money. … the goal of writing any book is to create the illusion that what you are reading is reality and you're part of it.
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Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.
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I must ... warn my readers that my attacks are directed against themselves, not against my stage figures.
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The woman is constantly aware for nine months that her body is not wholly her own: the state has conscripted her body for its own ends. Thus, abortion restrictions 'reduce pregnant women to no more than fetal containers.'
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I love being pregnant. You can do whatever you want.
