Paris Quotes - Page 8

• Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.

  Graydon Carter

  Writing, Giving, Thrill

  "These things I know". Interview with Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2004.

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• When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.

  Madonna Ciccone

  New York, Dancer, Labels

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Tabloid photos capture people at their most self-conscious and disoriented; in real life, Paris Hilton is like an elegant paper crane.

  Diablo Cody

  Real, Self, People

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• Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

  Mason Cooley

  New York, Drawing, Literature

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• I was born in Paris and raised in the suburbs and then lived in the countryside.

  Marion Cotillard

  Born, Raised, Countryside

  Interview with Nicole Kidman, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 15, 2010.

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• I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story.

  Beth Ditto

  Stories, Want, Autobiography

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• Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I don't think it'll happen - and that's fine. It's kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous.

  Beth Ditto

  Nice, Home, Thinking

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• I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

  Roger Federer

  New York, Holiday, London

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• Historically, when Americans don't know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: 'What am I going to do now? I'll go to Paris!'

  Craig Ferguson

  Next, Franklin, Knows

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• When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.

  Ina Garten

  Home, Simple, Recipes

  "Celebrity Chefs' Christmas Treats & Traditions". Interview with Andrew Eccles, www.goodhousekeeping.com. November 8, 2010.

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• When I was little, I didn't really travel - from the suburbs to Paris was already a journey. I had a foreigner's eye on the city, and I still enjoy that point of view. Then there's the fact that one of the things that touches me most is injustice.

  JR

  Eye, Journey, Cities

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• But I'm blessed to work with great people. I collaborate with brilliant stylists both here and in Paris. I work with a great design team. I really allow everyone to bring their ideas. I almost rely on them to inspire me.

  Marc Jacobs

  Team, Blessed, Ideas

  "Exclusive Q&A with Marc Jacobs". Interview With Katie Connor, www.marieclaire.com. August 10, 2010.

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• I always find it kind of embarrassing, kind of funny, and kind of exciting. In New York I'm recognized a lot, although nobody says anything. You know, they stare at you just a second too long. But in Paris it's not as commonplace to be recognized.

  Marc Jacobs

  New York, Long, Say Anything

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• I don't want to sound too silly or pretentious about this, but, you know, I love being in Paris. I love working at Louis Vuitton. I love fashion. That's why I do it. No one's forcing me to do this. And nobody forces anyone to buy it. It's a real love affair.

  Marc Jacobs

  Fashion, Real, Silly

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• I love my life. I can't believe I work in New York and Paris. That I work for Louis Vuitton. That I work for Marc Jacobs. It seems really weird every time I say my full name - like, that's me, and every time I hear the receptionist say my name, it's still weird.

  Marc Jacobs

  New York, Believe, Names

  "WWD CEO Summit: Marc Jacobs". Interview with Jessica Iredale, wwd.com. January 9, 2013.

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• I'm someone who came to Paris as a teenager, and I dreamed of coming back to Paris as a visitor. I never dreamed of having a job at the biggest luxury house in Paris and, you know, 15 odd years later, I'm still here.

  Marc Jacobs

  Jobs, Teenager, Years

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• I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Enjoyed

  Speech at shape headquarters, Paris, 2 June 1961

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• In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot.

  Diane Kruger

  Hiking, Hills, Streets

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• I have more friends in New York than Paris.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  New York

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• I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  House, Fancy, Staff

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• I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I am the first one to admit I was a novelty.

  Padma Lakshmi

  New York, Careers, Firsts

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. December, 2007.

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• You show up in Paris, and on the drive from the airport to the hotel you're like, 'This is so cool! I want to see something! I want to go to the Eiffel Tower!' And then you leave the next morning. You think, Oh, I didn't get to do anything. I tell people: I've been just about everywhere, but I've seen nothing.

  Taylor Lautner

  Morning, Thinking, Airports

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• Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton.

  David Letterman

  Change, Gay, Yesterday

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• To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris.

  A. J. Liebling

  Children, War, Hero

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• In Paris, I really do like to try and do nothing... but that's impossible.

  Christian Louboutin

  Trying, Impossible

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