Carmen Dell'Orefice Quotes

There's no way I would have got to see so much of the world, with my humble background, without modelling. We were penniless and hungry for most of my youth. I washed the sheets in the bathtub in my bedroom and hung them out of the window on the clothes line, which in winter was difficult as the sheets would freeze and get stuck to the line.

Carmen Dell'Orefice

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: model
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 3, 1931

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Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

Joe Frazier

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To ensure financial stability, we expect the provision of U.S. government securities settlement services to be robust in nearly all contingencies.

Jerome Powell

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I think I get credit for my timing because most of the time, I really have no idea where I'm going with it.

Jennifer Coolidge

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I forget sometimes that I'm in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their programming. Like, 'The Wire' is my favorite TV show of all time.

John Gallagher, Jr.

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I always knew I didn't want kids, and I didn't want to get married.

Amy Sedaris

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If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

Stephen King

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I'm 23, and if I wanted to release a record when I was 17, I could have released a record, but I'm really glad I didn't.

Shura

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Acting-wise, I'm way more comfortable finding out new things about the actor in me and RJ as a person. There's a lot of new nuggets that I can dip in the sauce.

RJ Cyler

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I'm a sensitive, sensitive person. Overly sensitive. Extremely emotional.

Mary Lambert

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As actors, we are accustomed to moving around, and it's always great to live and work in a city - you feel like you are truly living a life there.

Miranda Otto

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I did study with Anne Carson briefly in Michigan. She taught there, and that's where I first encountered her, in her class.

Julia Holter

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I clear my mind; I don't think about the pressure before a fight. I focus on going in the cage and being successful while doing my job.

Jose Aldo

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