Natalia Vodianova Quotes
I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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I am against nationalists, but I am very much in favour of patriots.
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It's very important in any relationship that one partner doesn't lose themselves in the other, and that's very easy if you're involved with a celebrity.
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If history were a photograph of the past it would be flat and uninspiring. Happily, it is a painting; and, like all works of art, it fails of the highest truth unless imagination and ideas are mixed with the paints.
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It is a little scary to go across the whole country, and basically the world, and be like, 'What's up? I'm gay, and you should let me get married everywhere.' I don't feel like I'm a spokesperson. I just sing what my experience is.
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I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.
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I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.
