"Norman Rockwell, the Brueghel of the 20th century bourgeoisie, the Holbein of Jell-O ads and magazine covers; by common assent, the most American artist of all."
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"I have never sold my story, done Hello! magazine, any of that stuff. I'm not guilty of exploiting my private life for cash and then saying, 'Oh, I don't want to talk about my private life.' I've never crossed that line."
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"Why are we smiling when we loathe each other?’ ‘Why do we sell happiness to the readers of this magazine when we are profoundly unhappy ourselves, the slaves of fame?"
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"The want of an international Copy-Right Law, by rendering it nearly impossible to obtain anything from the booksellers in the wayof remuneration for literary labor, has had the effect of forcing many of our very best writers into the service of the Magazines and Reviews."
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"I was leafing through a magazine where there was a before-and-after picture of a woman who went from a size 5 to a size 3 by liposuction. Was she serious? I've cooked bigger turkeys than her "before" picture."
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"I got kind of scared when I thought they wanted me to do something... I didn't want to be naked on the front of a magazine unless everybody would know it was a joke. I wouldn't want to be naked even then."
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"Once, in an interview with 'V' magazine, I said that I preferred Fitzgerald to Hemingway. I think that Hemingway is an amazing writer, but by being related to him, I had it in my head that I had to like him."
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"The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited."
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"I have had the privilege of working with the best in the business, from photographers to designers to magazines. There's not much more to ask for but I'm still looking forward to one day working with photographers Mert and Marcus, Tim Walker and Nick Knight."
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"We always had 'Vogue' in our house. But, when I was around 12, my Mom finally took me seriously about modeling and put a stack of magazines in front of me, then told me to study all the poses. The ones I loved the most were in 'Vogue."
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"I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it's how I earned a living."
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"Time magazine has selected their person of the year. Guess what, it's President-elect Barack Obama. Yeah, ironically, Ebony magazine announced their person of the year, and it's Ed Begley Jr."
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"President Bush got an early Christmas gift. This week, President Bush was chosen as 'Person of the Year' by Time magazine. Not only that, Martha Stewart was chosen as person of the year by Doing Time magazine."
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"It's true that in reading an interview, I have a little critique of the objectification of women in a [Playboy] magazine that is perceived to doing that."
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"I am really proud that I am one of the artists that has the opportunity to be on magazine covers and to be in the movies."
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"What you need to know about me is that I always just wanted to be a country singer. I didn't choose the path of television or being on magazine covers."
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"I was the first size 14 model to be featured in an ad in the magazine,I was the first size 14 model on the cover!"
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"I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines."
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"The Lady' is a piddling little magazine that no one cares about or buys."
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"Most magazines have that look of being predestined to be left which one sees on the faces of the women whose troubles bring them to the Law Courts."
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