Top 33 Quotes by Carmen Dell'Orefice

About Carmen Dell'Orefice

These are some quotes by American author Carmen Dell'Orefice Model, who was born on June 3, 1931.

We're all works of art in progress.

We're all works of art in progress.

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I respect Gloria Steinem enormously. But I never wanted to be in any kind of movement - and if you're over a certain age, you better keep your bra on because nothing's worse than saggy duds.

I respect Gloria Steinem enormously. But I never wanted to be in any kind of movement - and if you're over a certain age, you better keep your bra on because nothing's worse than saggy duds.

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We have to program the mind of the public that age is not ugly. Age is just age. Wake up, American children, and stop listening to other people's voices. Know yourself, be true to yourself and make a contribution. It took me half my life to know myself. I listened to other people's opinions and took them as gospel.

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Even with a computer, I can't get rid of all the papers in my life.

Even with a computer, I can't get rid of all the papers in my life.

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Being on the cover of 'Vogue' at 15 meant nothing to me. I never really understood what it was they were looking at, what they saw in me.

Being on the cover of 'Vogue' at 15 meant nothing to me. I never really understood what it was they were looking at, what they saw in me.

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If your ceiling is falling down, don't you call someone in? I apply the same principle to myself.

If your ceiling is falling down, don't you call someone in? I apply the same principle to myself.

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The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

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I didn't marry to have children. I married to have a relationship, and I was blessed with one child. I was an only child, too - my mother was smarter than most women today; she just had me.

I didn't marry to have children. I married to have a relationship, and I was blessed with one child. I was an only child, too - my mother was smarter than most women today; she just had me.

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There's no way I would have got to see so much of the world, with my humble background, without modelling. We were penniless and hungry for most of my youth. I washed the sheets in the bathtub in my bedroom and hung them out of the window on the clothes line, which in winter was difficult as the sheets would freeze and get stuck to the line.

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I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically... the vast population is over 50.

I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically... the vast population is over 50.

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