"I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room."
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"Being loved keeps you young."
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"Fame is a form of misunderstanding."
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"Every time I reach a new peak, I see a new one I want to climb."
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"Its boring not to take risks"
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"Not only do we suffer from racism and sexism, but we also suffer from ageism. And that is that once you reach a certain age, you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual and I think that's rather hideous. [...] I mean, is there a rule? Are you just supposed to die when you're 40?"
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"I know the aspect of my personality, being the vixen, the heartbreaker and the incredibly provocative girl is a very marketable image, but it's not insincere. You just can't take it seriously."
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"I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity."
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"Love is a bird... she needs to fly."
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"It doesn't matter who you are, it's what you do that takes you far."
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"I am a tip-top starlet. That is my job that I am paid to do."
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"I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is."
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"What else is there for me to conquer? Hopefully my ego. How will I know when I've succeeded? When I stop caring what anyone thinks."
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"When we take a picture, we have a negative. We put the right solution on it and, suddenly, the picture comes to life. So what do we do? We take the negative and turn it into a positive."
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"I think that its an artist's responsibility to have a point of view. Society takes its cue from popular art. People need something to look to, something to provoke them into questioning whether they completely hate something or completely love something."
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"I don't take drugs. I never did. All the feelings that drugs are supposed to produce in you - confidence or energy - I can produce naturally."
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"The physical body is assembled just like a chair or a building or a flower, but the revolutions we start, the people we affect and inspire, that is eternal. So, in that respect, we do achieve immortality, and that makes me less fearful."
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"We are living in a material world and I'm a material girl."
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"Rejection is the greatest aphrodisiac."
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"I was used to dancing, but only when someone told you what to do. So in the nightclub I was all over the place, I combined everything. Street dance, modern dance, a bit of jazz and ballet, I was Twyla Tharp, I was Alvin Ailey, I was Michael Jackson. I didn't care, I was free."
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