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Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.
Readers are always surprised to learn that authors have little or no input regarding the cover art for their books.
Whoever stands for 'one China' will get our support. We can have talks with them, and our talks will cover anything.
I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover.
Anytime you can grace the cover of any videogame, that means that you're on that level. That you're one of the best.
A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
I resent the fact that a parental warning sticker has to be included on an album as cover art. To me that's censorship.
I love film, and I think it's so important for kids to be educated about films and real life subjects that films cover.
Any anxieties publishers have about putting a child on the front cover of a book who isn't white is very old fashioned.
When things begin to go negative, sometimes we just have to cover our ears and not let such circumstances influence us.
I've actually done a cover of 'Train in Vain' by The Clash with Viv Albertine - which was originally written about her.
I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant.
Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like.
God requires his servants to walk in the light, and not cover their eyes that they may not discern the working of Satan.
My mum would like to see me on the cover of 'Good Housekeeping' demonstrating children's toys with some nice lipstick on.
We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die.
I like more of the club mentality, where we're playing, and if we feel like we want to play a cover, we'll switch to that.
I asked Bob Dylan to paint the album cover for 'Music from Big Pink.' He said, 'Yeah, let me see what I can come up with.'
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I'd cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark.
I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!
If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do anything else.
On the very same day that I ordered an iPad 2, I went shopping to buy myself a letter opener. I like to cover all my bases.
Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.
When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall.
I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.
Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.
Every Shania Twain interview ends with someone asking, 'Which Beatles album have you always wanted to cover, given the chance?'
Johnny Knoxville went from struggling to pay his rent to being on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' in the course of, like, a month.
I wholeheartedly agree that many media 'standards' can feel disingenuous or, in fact, be a cover for less-than-honest behavior.
Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
I'm always tan and blonde and don't really fit into New York. I'm a California girl, even if I try and cover it up with leather.
The design of 'Love Actually,' the typeface, the basic line of that poster and that DVD cover has been ripped off so many times.
I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.
When I was a little girl, I got 'Time' magazine every week, and I wanted my face on the cover, but I've changed a lot since then.
Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.
War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.
But Bill Clinton had the good taste to lie about his sexual peccadillos. He had the honor and the decency to want to cover it up.
If you've written a powerful book about a woman and your publisher then puts a 'feminine' image on the cover, it 'types' the book.
I grew up on genre. If it had a dragon on the cover, I was interested. But horror, especially, really gripped me in its bony fist.
It's not enough for me to cover theater, I have to throw myself around every other art form, and do so thoroughly and relentlessly.
I think only a batsman will be able to tell you about the goose bumps he gets after hitting a perfect cover drive. I'm one of them.
I don't care to read about Garrison Keillor. We cover the same sort of territory, and I don't need to know anything more about him.
When I was 13, I went on 'Britain's Got Talent.' I auditioned. I sang a cover of a song called 'White Blank Page' by Mumford & Sons.
I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.
When you cover the White House, which I've done on and off, it's relatively straightforward - everything the president does is news.
For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.