Carine Roitfeld Quotes

I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.

Carine Roitfeld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
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  • Birth: September 19, 1954

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I lived in my car in Hollywood for a year, and then it got towed. My... apartment got towed. How... does that happen?

Joey Diaz

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I'd never even seen a play by the time I was 24 years old.

John Corbett

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As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct.

Meles Zenawi

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When I met Johnny Cash, I didn't know what to ask: where were you born, who was your favorite recording artist, what's your favorite color - I didn't know.

Robert Hilburn

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Abortion is not health care. A woman has a right to her body, but that is not her body. What about the baby?

Alveda King

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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

Sitting Bull

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Nas is an artist who writes from his heart.

Steve Stoute

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My apartment looks like no one lives in it.

Michael Kors

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When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody.

Lorna Luft

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I casually advise a few young companies, and I'm always surprised when I see them overthinking simple problems, adding too much structure too early, and trying to get formal too soon. Start-ups should embrace their scrappiness, not rush to toss it aside.

Jason Fried

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That's the fun of going to a high school reunion: it's seeing the people who you were close to all those years ago, and re-exploring the relationships of the past.

Jon Hurwitz

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The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

Jonathan Swift

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