Karen Elson Quotes

I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.

Karen Elson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: model
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 14, 1979

Topics

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In a man, I look for a friend, someone who's equal, with whom I'm comfortable.

Jennifer Aniston

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Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.

Andrew Mellon

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I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-doubt and self-loathing.

Meg Wolitzer

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I love contrast in music. Being inspired by classical, actually - in high school especially - classical and metal both, I remember having this cool realization that they are really similar. It's just different instrumentation.

Amy Lee

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I always believe that it's better to be idealistic in love than be that cynic. That's the only way to survive a relationship.

Sonam Kapoor

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It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: living in intimate proximity with people for whom larger questions of ideology and belief, as well as issues relating to politics and governance, were vivid daily realities.

Sonia Gandhi

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I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding and necessary that men and women of good will and clear thinking engage in honest, open debate.

Michael Nutter

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My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know.

Josef Albers

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I could never wear another uniform. I will forever be a Yankee.

Jorge Posada

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My folks made me a Jawa costume for the Halloween after 'Star Wars' opened in '77. In '78, when it was re-released, I was hired by the local cinema to be the Jawa: to dress up all summer long, and I could frighten people with my Jawa sounds and my Jawa outfit and watch 'Star Wars Episode IV' all summer long and get paid with movie passes.

Dee Bradley Baker

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Making people fear the expression of their own power is a very effective way of disempowering them. It is not just those who feel the frustration of being silenced: it also encompasses every person who has no idea of their own power to realise their visions because they have not seen this in action in their communities.

Deeyah Khan

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Traditionally, those that work in fashion have always had the point of view that items made by hand have their own aura and are something special.

Anna Wintour

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