Linda Evangelista quotes
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“On days when I do not work, I am working on my image.”
-- Linda EvangelistaSource : "£1,000 a day for Linda Evangelista? Because she's worth it" by Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. August 04, 2011.
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“When people ask how have I kept on top, I have to say with the help of every photographer, make-up artist and hairdresser I've ever worked with.”
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“I had no illusions that my career would be any longer than three years tops.”
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“I eat super healthy and I'm super fit. I dabble in every type of fitness. I have a trainer and I go to the gym. I do yoga as well.”
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“God help anyone who disobeys my recycling system. I have all the separated bins. I'm very adamant about it because I try to be a good citizen of the world, I really do. I even use eco-friendly cleaning products, but sometimes you just have to break open the disinfectant. Some jobs require it.”
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“Fashion faux pas should be celebrated. I enjoy them because it means we're not all clones.”
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“I never, ever used my son for publicity. He'll have his say one day if he wants it. He'll have the last word. He has time to defend himself.”
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“I have turned down so many major advertising bids because I think either the time isn't right or I'm not.”
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“I don't get cast for every job and I understand that.”
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“Designers and photographers still want to work with me and I'm grateful for that. I don't know how long I'll carry on - as long as they'll have me.”
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“Hair is the greatest thing to experiment with because it's not permanent. If I didn't like my colour, I'd just change it.”
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“I know that sometimes the chemistry just isn't there between the model, photographer, hair and make-up. It's nobody's fault and you just have to do better next time.”
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“Sure, I like my short hair. It also quadrupled my rate. I did get sick of seeing it on everybody, though - every stewardess, every salesclerk, and in every restaurant.”
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“All I want to do is model. The reason I'm coming back is for the same reasons that I became a model initially. It's about the clothes and the creation of great pictures. I thought I was old and that I earned my retirement, and enough! It's not enough. I want more. And I'm lucky that I still have that option.”
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“I won't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day....”
-- Linda EvangelistaSource : Quoted in Independent (London), 10 Dec. 1992
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“It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher.”
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“Half-caf, double-tall, non fat, whole-milk foam, bone-dry, half-pump mocha, half sugar in the raw, double cup, no lid, capp - to go.”
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“We have this saying, Christy and I. We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day.”
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“I don't diet. I just don't eat as much as I'd like to.”
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“Within two months I made the grand slam: covers of 'American Vogue', 'Italian Vogue', 'British Vogue', and 'French Vogue'.”
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“Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.”
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“I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world.”
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“I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready, I think I would have rather been watching.”
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“I can do anything you want me to do so long as I dont have to speak”
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“People think modeling's mindless, that you just stand there and pose, but it doesn't have to be that way. I like to have a lot of input, I know how to wear a dress, whether it should be shot with me standing up or sitting down. And I'm not scared to say what I think.”
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“I have to hit the gym. I have beauty appointments. I have to work toward my next job and maintaining my image, just like an athlete.”
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“I don't think age is an ugly process. I think age is a beautiful thing. I love wrinkles. I don't like falling down. If I just wrinkle, I may not touch. If I fall down, I'll lift up.”
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“When I started in the business, I was told I had three good years in me.”
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“If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time.”
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“When I work, it can be a 16-hour day.”
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“I love, love, love fashion so much. That's why I became a model in the first place.”
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“As long as designers want to dress me, photographers want to take my picture and companies think my face will help their products, then I won't go anywhere until they're done with me.”
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“I don't happen to think magazines should be full of thin people. What I do say is that we can all work a little harder with what we have. It is possible to achieve a better body shape and heart rate with nutrition and exercise.”
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“Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.”
-- Linda Evangelista
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