I didn't marry to have children. I married to have a relationship, and I was blessed with one child. I was an only child, too - my mother was smarter than most women today; she just had me.
Carmen Dell'OreficeI'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity.
Carmen Dell'OreficeWhen asked her view of cosmetic surgery, Carmen Dell'Orefice replies, 'โThat's a very polite way of asking me, I'm sure, โHave you had a facelift?' Well, if you had the ceiling falling down in your living room, would you not go and have a repair?
Carmen Dell'OreficeFashion matters to the degree that it is, for the sighted person, the first language we speak to each other. We are... "judge" is a very harsh word, but we're taking in and we're evaluating. Who is this person? What do I have in common? Do I respect them? All of that is that unspoken visual impact.
Carmen Dell'OreficeIf your ceiling is falling down, don't you call someone in? I apply the same principle to myself.
Carmen Dell'OreficeThe key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in fear, or thinking "I'll never figure it out." The more consciously we can understand what we're experiencing, the more that is our protection. So, we run into adversity, but we don't have to stay there if we have imagination and a way to help ourselves change course. Sometimes we can't - knowing the difference is wisdom and the acceptance that we have enough.
Carmen Dell'Orefice