I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn't let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with a hairbrush, and it was always tangled, so she just would cut it off, and she's right: short hair did suit me.
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Related I always had a short bob with bangs, and I hated it. My mum would always say, 'A short hair cut ... IRINA SHAYK My mom started yelling at me because she thought I cut my hair off. DYLAN BALL I didn't fall into the category of the 'classic Bond girl.' I had short hair - and no Bo... CAREY LOWELL It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to chang... RACHEL MCADAMS I have had every hair color. I joke with my hair colorist. She keeps sheets of paper on every hair c... BRITTANY SNOW My mom means the world to me. She's always been the one to get me up early for work, help me wit... RAINI RODRIGUEZ I've always liked long hair. My dad's always had long hair, but he always tells me, 'I n... DAVID SEAMAN I've always had the hair of Lionel Ritchie since I was a boy, but the mullet sadly is a hairpiec... DANNY MCBRIDE I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career. JANET JACKSON I have short hair. It doesn't make me more unattractive than a woman or my sisters that have mor... ALEK WEK I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about wh... TAMRON HALL I actually always had short hair as a kid, and it's really liberating. I recommend it. It's ... FELICITY JONES You know, I just tend to grow my beard out for 'Parks and Rec.' As an actor it's always ... CHRIS PRATT I loathe hair salons. People have always told me I am in the wrong business because I can't stan... ERIN WASSON My spiked hair goes back about 15 years ago. I had long, curly rocker hair then. The woman who cuts ... GUY FIERI My family has always called me 'Lay Lay,' and my dad used to always call me 'Dynamite Te... LACEY CHABERT I always change my hair, but I don't like haircuts! LEIGHTON MEESTER My hair was so much a part of my personality and all my photo shoots. I hid behind my hair. And then... PAMELA ANDERSON My mom had done some TV and commercials before I was born, and so when I was born, she knew I had a ... QUINN SHEPHARD I think it was my way of making her look beautiful every day and from the moment her hair was long e... DEENA EBRIGHT The short hair fits my personality more. I think maybe, with long hair, it was a role - I was playin... NATALIE MAINES George Carlin is kind of my template now because George Carlin before was straight laced regular com... DREW CAREY It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict... GRACE JONES When I first started in the industry back home in Australia at 18, there was a lot of push and shove... RUBY ROSE I bumped into my cousin after she'd shaved her hair very short, and she looked incredible. She s... LAURA MVULA I just love when girls rock short hair, because they can't hide behind anything. I feel more emp... MAREN MORRIS As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it my... MIKE COLTER In 'Thor,' that was my own hair. I grew it out. But I have naturally curly, blonde hair, so ... TOM HIDDLESTON I hated my big hair. I always wore it straight. FLEUR EAST When I first cut my hair short, I was trying for a mix of Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. The photo I to... MORENA BACCARIN I was silver-white by the time I was 35, but having grey hair makes me look washed out. My wife and ... DAVID CASSIDY My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if the... PENELOPE CRUZ Getting my hair cut is just a very special moment for me. I don't know exactly why, but it's... JENS LEKMAN I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better,... YANDEL She was an extraordinary person too! Would you believe it, she cut her hair short, and used to go ab... HENRIK IBSEN For dance recitals, my mom would do my makeup all extravagant because obviously I was really little ... JILLIAN HERVEY I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it. DOROTHY HAMILL People who work with me think I should cut my hair. They say casting directors are less likely to hi... RORY CULKIN I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short... ELLEN DEGENERES When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went... ZENDAYA When I was 13, I began relaxing my hair, and that meant when I turned 18 it began to crack and fall ... SOLEDAD O'BRIEN From my own personal standpoint, I've always preferred my hair shorter because it's just eas... CHARLIE WHITE I've had long hair, I've had short hair, and I've had in between hair... and its all goo... MORENA BACCARIN My hair had been dyed blonde for 'Dredd.' After 'Dredd,' I was really fried because ... OLIVIA THIRLBY My grandmother was probably the first person who I thought was beautiful. She was incredibly stylish... TOM FORD My hair has been this chapter thing for me. In 'Jem,' I have blue hair. 'Insidious,'... HAYLEY KIYOKO People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My inno... CARINE ROITFELD My mom is big on moisturizer and water. She always reminds me to drink a lot of water and wear sungl... BRITTANY SNOW I permed my hair 12 years ago, because I always wanted a perm, but my mother would never let me have... CHLOE SEVIGNY My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always ther... LEBRON JAMES I was definitely a tomboy. My mother liked to dress me differently, but it was her loss when I came ... TROIAN BELLISARIO She stroked my hair and told me I was beautiful, but I was old enough by then to know not to believe... SARAH DESSEN I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated h... PATTI SMITH I hate short hair on men - the 'real' man is something I don't know. My dad was always p... LOU DOILLON There speaks the passion and the rebellion that go with red hair. My second wife had red hair. She w... AGATHA CHRISTIE My hair is not really white; it's kind of grayish, and I don't like the color. So I make it ... KARL LAGERFELD My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. ... TAYLOR SWIFT I always have a beard between jobs. I just let it grow until they pay me to shave it. People are qui... JAMES MCAVOY I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very u... BAT FOR LASHES When I first sat down with my oncologist the day before Thanksgiving, and she told me I would need 8... AMY ROBACH I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What... KRISTEN STEWART My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do ... IAIN DE CAESTECKER I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian community, and most of my friends had blonde hair and blue ey... SHAY MITCHELL I'm proud of my short hair. I don't think I will grow it long again. SYLVIE MEIS When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for... RICHIE BENAUD I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair. VIDAL SASSOON I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I ju... ZHU ZHU She wasn't any bigger than a minute and had hair like wild gold, and she was always merry as a marri... SANDRA DALLAS I feel like I've been known for having long black hair, so when I took all my extensions out and... KEKE PALMER But when I cut off my hair I even had friends not recognize me. DAVEY HAVOK I just like short hair on women; I think it's cool. EVANGELINE LILLY I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shat... JOAN LINGARD Maleficent was always so elegant. She always was in control. And to play her was difficult. I worked... ANGELINA JOLIE The hair department is always on my case about washing my hair. I am incredibly lazy, and a brat abo... EDEN SHER The one thing I always knew about my mother was that she always loved me, ... And I give her tremend... EARTHA KITT My granny was always mourning about the fact I wear dull, stained jeans or don't brush my hair. TWINKLE KHANNA Every few years, I change my look for the simple reason that I get bored. If you Google Image me, yo... JOHNNY IUZZINI When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 ye... KARL LAGERFELD I don't know about the hair. I've had it since I was a kid, and when I look at myself in the... ERIK HASSLE It was always a fantasy of mine growing up - my favorite program was always 'Little House on the... CHLOE SEVIGNY I didn't like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, 'You s... ZENDAYA I like Sprite a lot, but I try not to drink it. My mom doesn't want me to drink Sprite because i... MADDIE ZIEGLER I love dressing up. As kids, my friends and I would dress up as the Spice Girls - Posh Spice was my ... ELIZA DOOLITTLE She's always there for me when I need her; She's my best friend; she's just my everythin... ASHLEY OLSEN My earliest memory is my mom picking me up after I had fallen down, giving me a big hug and reading ... CHELSEA CLINTON Long hair, for me, is actually less maintenance. I went through a phase when I was kid where I wante... MALLORY JANSEN One of my insecurities was my looks. I was short, cute and chubby, and Dad used to call me his '... SUZI QUATRO I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am.... HALLE BERRY Everything goes with short hair. It's bananas. GINNIFER GOODWIN I'm very much over my hair. If it was up to me I'd have cut it a long time ago. SAMUEL LARSEN My husband and I are in preproduction of three movies, a Latin show, and a children's animation.... JOYCE GIRAUD My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good... G. HANNELIUS I always feel sad for the girl that I was, because it never occurred to me that my mother might comf... GILLIAN FLYNN As a young girl, I definitely struggled with knowing what to do with my hair. I was just in a neighb... JILLIAN HERVEY My mom has been through so much. But she has always been there for me and stood behind me. She alway... ANGELA HUNT When my hair was dark for 'House,' that was the hardest to maintain because it was like ever... JENNIFER MORRISON I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it. TATYANA ALI She was my right hand woman and always encouraged me. She kept me on track. DAN PROVINCE I always had influences musically with punk, and then growing up, I dyed my hair every color. I did ... LEIGH LEZARK As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick fe... CARL HAGELIN
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DOROTHY PARKER I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. DOROTHY PARKER Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; DOROTHY PARKER All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were a... DOROTHY PARKER Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men... DOROTHY THOMPSON Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. DOROTHY PARKER There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply... DOROTHY PARKER Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a poi... DOROTHY PARKER I never thought that heav'n would lose its blue And sullen storm-clouds mask the gentle sky; DOROTHY PARKER All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't si... DOROTHY PARKER I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn. DOROTHY PARKER They sicken at the calm that know the storm. DOROTHY PARKER They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm. DOROTHY PARKER Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you. DOROTHY PARKER The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsa... DOROTHY NEVILL He'd have given me rolling lands, Houses of marble, and billowing farms, Pearls, to trickle ... DOROTHY PARKER Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my ... DOROTHY PARKER By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infi... DOROTHY PARKER Out in Hollywood, where the streets are paved with Goldwyn, the word DOROTHY PARKER They laid their hands upon my head, They stroked my cheek and brow; And time could heal a hu... DOROTHY PARKER Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair. DOROTHY PARKER Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are. DOROTHY PARKER I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back ... DOROTHY PARKER Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world. DOROTHY PARKER The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. DOROTHY DAY I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true. DOROTHY PARKER Where's the man could ease a heart, like a satin gown? DOROTHY PARKER Brevity is the soul of lingerie. DOROTHY PARKER How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts... DOROTHY DAY He maintained that the case was lost or won by the time the final juror had been sworn in; his summa... DOROTHY UHNAK If I did not believe, if I did not make what is called an act of faith (and each act of faith increa... DOROTHY DAY Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the th... DOROTHY PARKER Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or a... DOROTHY DAY I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, After four... DOROTHY PARKER Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host. DOROTHY PARKER Drink, and dance and laugh and lie, love the reeling midnight through, for tomorrow we shall die! (B... DOROTHY PARKER