This archaic idea – that a woman who is unmarried and childless at 30 is somehow unnatural – will probably always exist, and, like most social standards, it is ridiculous.
BETH DITTOLife is not about creating an unreal existence. People should be challenged to find something cool about the mundane.
More Beth Ditto Quotes
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I don’t love the word luxury because it feels Bougy to me.
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I knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took some work, but because of it I can now say no to other people with a clear conscience.
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We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.
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A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.
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I love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that’s great and fits you.
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My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character – I am that character… It’s a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I’ve put them all to work onstage.
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I love to make people feel like they are taking a part in their own body and evolution.
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When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so’s head, it’s tempting to ask your stylist for the same, but DO NOT BE FOOLED. The hair in those fancy photos can be very high maintenance.
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I’ve belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don’t know why.
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Someone told me once that Lucinda Williams takes six years between albums, and that’s what stuck to me; it’s like, you really are a factory. You don’t do things to make them, on your own time.
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Barack Obama was amazing, but he wasn’t perfect. We all know that. He was the closest thing to perfect America’s ever had. We were basking in the glow. We forgot that there’s always going to be a backlash within a movement every time.
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I have learned so much making first collection that I am excited to use all of it towards making the next one even better! It’s been an amazing learning curve and experience.
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The thing about being on the majors, from the beginning, going into this, I was like, “I’m not going to be treated like a factory,” because that’s never the way it was done before.
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ABBA was a direct influence on me.
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I’m passionate about color. My best friend and I sit and look at Pantone books for fun.
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