I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLIf you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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Relationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves; whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you’ll do to the next person you’re involved with, if you get half a chance.
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I do take care of myself; I get my nails done, and I have a skin doctor, but that’s it. I’m clean and groomed.
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I’ve got a lot of little compulsive problems, and I’ve thought about it a lot. And one of the things I ask myself is, ‘What are the things I can do that won’t hurt me and will help me?’ The first answer is work.
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I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music – I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter – that I got from my dad.
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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I want to do movies, but I want to do something that’s good. I don’t want to make any more films until I feel that I’m ready for it. I want to have good work, and a very elegant life. I believe you get what you want.
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I’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
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I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it’s not lived drawing on a full level. I’m relaxed, cool, and enjoying it.
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I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn’t want any rich man.
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I never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
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I like my work, but my life always comes first. I always wanted to have a beautiful life, and the way to do it is in show business.
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The food that’s never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn’t a porridge place, but I can buy it in London when I’m there and bring it back with me.
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I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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