I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about.


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Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.
NATALIE MASSENET
I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become m...
NATALIE MASSENET
I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can f...
NATALIE MASSENET
I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.
NATALIE MASSENET
Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
NATALIE MASSENET
I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us - don't take us for granted!
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. B...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I like to play 'Battleship,' and I also like 'Wordle' on iPhone. These are good thin...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good ...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like '...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I make a bomb vaca frita. It's like a flank steak like with the ropa vieja, but it's fried w...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never kno...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't belie...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but j...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con po...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I love boxing, MMA, and hiking with my dog. I work out 3 times a week, and on my off days, I do yoga...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
NATALIE MARTINEZ
I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
'Dance Dance Revolution.' That's a lot of fun when you're having a dinner party and ...
NATALIE MARTINEZ
When I appear onstage, that's my departure from Momhood - and I transform into Natalie MacMaster...
NATALIE MACMASTER
'In My Hands,' the title track, is my very first vocal attempt, and I'm not a singer as ...
NATALIE MACMASTER
Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other...
NATALIE MACMASTER
I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure.
NATALIE MACMASTER
I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
NATALIE MACMASTER
There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if th...
NATALIE MACMASTER
I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def L...
NATALIE MACMASTER
I am a very musical person. I love music, and I don't just love Cape Breton fiddling, although i...
NATALIE MACMASTER
It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.
NATALIE MACMASTER
When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the ...
NATALIE MACMASTER
Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out.
NATALIE MACMASTER
The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
Eating together is the most intimate form of kinship. By scripting a work where we share the same ki...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
I believe in a tongue-first exploration of the world. Food is our most immediate daily relationship ...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
Formally, I did my studies in the sciences, but I was very conscious that I was being deprived of cu...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
I used to have a lovely Chelsea loft - then I got divorced.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
Juggling many projects and having all these accidental collisions that you can't predict enables...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
I watch children a great deal; their idea is that rules are always negotiable, whereas you absolutel...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
I created a successful outdoor youth festival - the Liverd festival - against all good advice. It wa...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO