Carine Roitfeld Quotes

When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.

Carine Roitfeld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PerfectionNew YorkHairYouLook

If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.

Jennifer Weiner

BookNameYouNewForgetLucky

When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to town, I got a demo reel together and headed out west.

John Hawkes

GreatTogetherYouLivingHollywood

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

Andrew Bird

MeJustSongsDissatisfactionTinker

I think generationally, as human progress does its thing, we are constantly impressed by the upcoming generation.

Alyson Stoner

ProgressThinkGenerationHumanDoes

For the exploitation of human greed, they have devised comparison and competition. Right from childhood on, we are indoctrinated to compare and compete, and there is a word, a phrase: 'free and fair competition.'

Lobsang Tenzin

ChildhoodCompetitionFreeGreed

My ideal - and here, the sky is the limit - is to attract foreign investment via concessions.

Juan Manuel Santos

SkyInvestmentLimitAttractHere

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.

Bruce Springsteen

EyeConnectionsDoingSillyYouGo

We need to gather intelligence, but we need to do so legally.

Bob Beckel

IntelligenceNeedGatherLegally

I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.

Willie Stargell

TimeHatKnowSaidAlwaysRetire

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well.

Phylicia Rashad

ThinkUnderstandingHumanityReal

Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.

Susan Cain

PositiveI AmPeopleMeAttention

People are afraid to show women with demons. But I think it's important for women to see flawed female characters. We're held to a perfect standard, but every woman is flawed.

Riley Keough

WomenWomanPeopleThinkDemonsSee

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