Marilyn Minter Quotes

The fashion world tells me how much they love my work, but they don't hire me very often. Tom Ford did, and he hated it. Naturally, he wanted to Photoshop away the imperfections, which is perfectly understandable. They want their vision.

Marilyn Minter

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WorkLoveVisionMeWorldFashion

The studio rented a house for my wife in Los Angeles under a phony name to keep reporters away. Whenever I wanted to visit her and my children, I would have to sneak in the back door after dark.

Max von Sydow

ChildrenWifeDoorNameHouseDark

My driving, I've been accused of not being the best, most safest driver.

Matt Dillon

BestDrivingBeing The BestDriver

When I started to mention to people who know about such things, 'I'm doing this game, 'Portal 2', they got very excited, suddenly. More excited than anything I've ever done before, weirdly. Gamers are incredibly enthusiastic about the stuff they love.

Stephen Merchant

LovePeopleGameDoingKnowDone

So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that's just where I came from.

Slash

MusicTimeParentsCoolListening

Get your heart checked. I've always looked at myself as healthy, but I wasn't.

Rod Carew

HeartMyselfHealthyAlwaysGet

I don't think we should be presentable or present ourselves for the sake of others.

Michaela Coel

ThinkPresentOthersOurselvesSake

I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.

Domhnall Gleeson

PlayTorturedEmotionallyPhysically

I feel that I fell somewhat under that category where I was using fighting to kind of run from my own self to an extent, to kind of numb the things that I thought about myself. When I had fighting taken away, I was forced to look at myself in the mirror and say, 'What are you without fighting?'

Dominick Cruz

MirrorMyselfThoughtSelfFighting

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

Donella Meadows

TaskPoliticiansForestsCarbonMuch

I think, in the U.S., we have such a focus on the physicality, on being the best athlete, that it sort of overshadows the football aspect of it.

Christen Press

BestFocusFootballThinkAthlete

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

Plautus

GainMustWhoHeSomeExpense

If you can get rid of the emotion and concentrate on the problem, you can solve the problem.

Richard Phillips

ProblemYouEmotionGetConcentrate

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