Leandra Medine Quotes

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Leandra Medine

Profession : Author

Birth : December 22, 1988

If I were going to prom again, I would wear a huge skirt and plain cotton tank. A big, poofy, flotation-device-sized skirt. I wish I had done that.

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I wore some stupid brocade dress to my prom.

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When you're writing a blog post, you can take solace in knowing that you will immediately know how people will respond to it, and if the criticism is bad, then that's fine because you can work on that and fix it, and if it's good, then that's great because you know what to do in the future. It gets pushed down so quickly.

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I always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.

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Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are two of my favorite writers; they're the kind of writers who make you feel like, 'I can do this. I want to do this.'

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People always ask me how I muster the strength to be so open about things, and I explain to them that I took the Myers-Briggs test, like, four times, and every single time, I ranked an 87 percent extrovert, so it would probably take more strength for me to shut up.

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Initially what defined me as a 'man repeller' was my conscious effort to wear clothing that was attractive in my opinion but not necessarily in a man's opinion.

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I think men like things tight and simple.

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I realized that if I were a 23-year-old girl getting married, and I wasn't struggling with it, that would likely mean that something was either massively wrong with me or that my brain is made up of delicately wrapped almonds that serve perfectly as party favors.

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People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name.

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I have always, always loved words.

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Nothing feels better than constructing a beautiful sentence.

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Women totally dress for women. If we were dressed for men, we'd be prancing around in tight, tight, tight bodycon skirts and tops all day or really simple jeans and T-shirts.

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I'm not dressing with men in mind at all. I'm just going to wear what I want to wear. It makes things easier, too.

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When I wake up, I put on what I'm in the mood to wear.

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Part of what dressing for yourself means requires your understanding that the scrutiny of others is frankly irrelevant.

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I have never done anything to my brows, though sometimes I tweeze the intersection of the left and right brow, which is either a really good thing or a really bad thing.

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When I'm wearing red lipstick, I'll never do anything with my eyes. And it's so easy - you just put on red lipstick, and your whole face just seems done.

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I understand that it's the thought that counts, but receiving money is so great, so if you're in a position to give an employee a bonus, just do that.

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The holidays are only overwhelming because it's crunch time. It's like everyone trying to get last-minute things in before the New Year starts.

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