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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.
— Carmen Dell'Orefice
Tags: age, me, myself, life

Other Quotes by "Carmen Dell'Orefice"

As a model, I didn't have an identity; I was a chameleon, a silent actress. I was an amorphous thing. I wasn't full of personality, I was full of solitude and solemnity. I wasn't a cover-girl type.
— Carmen Dell'Orefice
Tags: silent, identity, solitude, personality
My life has been amazing. How many other ladies of 76 can say that the snapshot on their senior citizen's card was taken by Norman Parkinson?
— Carmen Dell'Orefice
Tags: say, amazing, my-life, life
A lot of people around me were really staggeringly rich, which I never have been. I walked in between the raindrops of real money, but I've stayed happy.
— Carmen Dell'Orefice
Tags: happy, people, money, me
I'm loath to do interviews. What comes out is generally not what I meant or thought I was saying or thought they were asking.
— Carmen Dell'Orefice
Tags: asking, out, thought, saying
My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.
— Carmen Dell'Orefice
Tags: hard, heaven, mother, me
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