Marianne Faithfull Quotes - Page 2

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• When you are 18, 19, 20, you're used to being photographed all the time, in a certain way. So, the narcissism becomes almost out of control. And the way that young women are photographed, they become addicted to this feedback of the image.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Way, Narcissism, Feedback

  "Reluctant pin-up: Marianne Faithfull reveals how she was damaged by her early brush with fame" by Rachel Shields, www.independent.co.uk. October 25, 2009.

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• I don't talk about my private life.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Private Life

  "Shining Knightley". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. July 17, 2006.

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• I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Strong, Mean, Impossible

  "'There's another Marianne Faithfull who lives inside my head'". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2012.

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• I was told that I had very likely been clinically depressed for a long, long time, probably since I was 15, or even 14. It explained, to me at least, a lot of my behaviour over the years.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Years, Long, Behaviour

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• I come from a very left wing Socialist family, anti-war and anti-empire.

  Marianne Faithfull

  War, Wings, Empires

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• Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Song, Years, Wonderful

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• Sometimes you just have to get a shock to grow up and wake up, and I've had lots of shocks because it's as though I don't learn the lessons, so something new comes and hits me.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Growing Up, Wake Up, Lessons

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• My father belonged to a commune, and the food was ghastly. My idea of food hell is the salad cream they'd pour all over bits of lettuce, cucumber and tomato. It was just disgusting.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Father, Ideas, Tomatoes

  "Marianne Faithfull: 'My father belonged to a commune, and the food was always ghastly" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.

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• I do sometimes think I could have done without the drugs actually; that was a waste of time, and a huge risk. But then again, there's nothing I can change, so in a way regret is pointless.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Music, Regret, Thinking

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• France has been very good for me. It has given me a very worldly-cool attitude.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Attitude, France, Given

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• Working with David Bowie was very interesting, but I couldn't surrender to it. I should have let him produce a record for me, but I'm very perverse in some ways. He's brilliant, but the entourage were rather daunting.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Should Have, Interesting, Way

  "Marianne Faithfull: 'I don't think I had any choice but to be decadent'". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2013.

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• I have to watch out for being lazy.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Lazy, Watches, Being Lazy

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2011.

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• I'm a Capricorn, and they flower late.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Flower, Capricorns, Late

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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.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Paris, Syrup, London

  "Marianne Faithfull: 'My father belonged to a commune, and the food was always ghastly" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.

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• I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Gone, Stones, Gigs

  "Marianne Faithfull on life in the '60s". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.stuff.co.nz. February 10, 2013.

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• If I let myself sink into depression, I won't be able to get out. And then I'll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Light, Unhappy, Able

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• I'm a tame actress. I get tired now that I'm entertaining day and night professionally. I think the only reason for going to a party is to pick up a good lay. When you've got a permanent boyfriend it's rather spoilt. Because the fun of a party is to flirt with everyone. I like flirting.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Fun, Party, Tired

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I have to be able to love somebody except myself and the theater.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm never, never sure which way to go. I'm full of unsureness. That's been a habit for years. I never really want to commit.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Habit, Commit

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When you split from someone, it doesn't have to mean that you don't love them anymore, you realize that the period of that particular romance is over. One always has to get out before one gets kicked out.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Mean, Romance, Realizing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Cancer, Panic, Firsts

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• I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a very decadent little person.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Children, Thinking, Littles

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• I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

  Marianne Faithfull

  Father, Horror, Said

  "Marianne Faithfull on life in the '60s". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.stuff.co.nz. February 09, 2013.

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• For some people, marriage may be very groovy. For me, it really isn't. I don't think it really is for most people anyway. Most people are not very happy.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Thinking, People, May

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• I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn't like to get ill.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Frightened, Ill

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2011.

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