Amanda de Cadenet Quotes

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Amanda de Cadenet

Profession : Photographer

Birth : May 19, 1972

I'd personally like to see more 'real bodies' in magazines.

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I go to the Korean spa when the kids go to bed. It's like I turn my brain off.

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At age 14, you are just beginning to work out who you think you are, and being famous is a huge distortion of reality, and it's not healthy for a young person to be considered more special than their peers. So, I would say it hindered my self-esteem but in later years gave me a great perspective that I wouldn't have if I hadn't experienced that.

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Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.

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Learning how to have 'healthy' attachments sounds easy, but in fact, for someone like me who had damaged early relationships, it's like learning to be fluent in Chinese.

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I believe women need to hear stories and see images that they can identify with, not media-fabricated ideals that even the 'role models' themselves can't live up to.

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I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'

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I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.

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Jane Fonda was at the top of my list of women to meet and the only time I felt nervous about interviewing someone. She is one of the most dynamic women I have ever had the honor of talking to.

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I love photography - I fell in love with photography, I think, because it was my own thing, it wasn't something I needed other people's permission to do. So, it was really freeing for me actually to be able to not be a famous person and just to take pictures.

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I've grown up around people who love photography, and I think from being photographed for so long, I always wanted to understand how it worked, and I've been fortunate enough to be photographed by some really wonderful photographers, and so I learnt a lot from them, and I always ask them questions.

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Sitting down with the insightful Gabourey Sidibe was a wonderful experience.

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I share personal things about myself in the context of my interviews and in 'It's Messy' - but that's 20 percent of my life.

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I've built 'The Conversation' from the ground up with no business training.

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If we remove all judgment and preconceived ideas of who a person is, the truth is, we are all blessed with the same emotions and desires.

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Things are only as important as you make them out to be.

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My daughter gave me a whole new perspective.

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You can lose who you are so easily when you're being so many things to so many different people.

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Spirituality is an anchor for me and guides me through life.

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Every episode of 'The Conversation' was created to be a platform for women, to connect women, and to allow women's voices to be heard as much as possible. That's why I launched that show on a television network and online simultaneously.

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