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I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.

Grace Jones

I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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Appearance Face Myself Skin
I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it’s like you’re opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don’t know who’s going to come in that door.
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Feminine Myself Opening Thinking Vulnerable
I am an actress first, a singer second.
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Actress Myself Singing
Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one’s guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised.
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Compromise Creation Oneself Weapon
I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
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Clothes Face Myself Painting Parental
That’s what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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Coffee Talk Wine
I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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Children Myself Positive Thinking
It doesn’t surprise me that people can’t see beyond my image. It’s amazing, but I can understand it. That’s what image is for. But it’s never a problem for me. It’s only a problem for them. I don’t really care. I do what I want regardless.
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Beyond Image Myself People Problem Surprise Understand
There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
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Crazy Passing Planning Replacement Version
In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.
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Acceptance Freak Fun Hard Work Thinking
Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it’s just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I’ve found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.
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Balance Father Finding Growth Man Understand Woman
I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.
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Farmer Happiness Job Life Myself Passion
I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
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Believe Finding Live Quality Special
Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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Cure Forget Health Problem Sex Yourself
I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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Different Oneself Time
I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It’s just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
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Channeling Man Way Woman Yourself

I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.

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