First Quote by Amanda Lepore Download Open image “When I first came to New York I did nails, and I really didn't get a lot of money.” — Amanda Lepore ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare First Money Nails New New york
I had no idea what to expect moving to New York. It's embarrassing to say, but I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary… — Wade Guyton Copy Share Image
I came to New York with $500. That was a lot of money because my allowance was 50 cents. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
When I first got to the city, I had no money. I was living in Queens amongst boxes and lived in Harlem and didn't… — Helene Yorke Copy Share Image
The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15. — Desi Arnaz Copy Share Image
I had no money. I just figured out hustles to get by, like maybe selling my clothes. I wanted to travel around and be… — Leo Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
New York reminds me of what my career was like when I lived here, so when I walk through the streets, I remember when… — Vincent Rodriguez III Copy Share Image
Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world. — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
I hate nothing more than having my nails painted. I feel like I'm in time out. — Troian Bellisario Copy Share Image
I'm well-traveled. I've had to get a few passports because I ran out of pages. — Amanda Lepore Copy Share Image
With 'RuPaul's Drag Race' getting popular, you see more and more people dressing up and going out. — Amanda Lepore Copy Share Image
I always loved watching old movies and I loved Marilyn Monroe and all those blondes; that hyper feminine 1950s glamour and the exaggeration of… — Amanda Lepore Copy Share Image
I love and appreciate my fans so much. They truly are the best gift a girl can ask for! — Amanda Lepore Copy Share Image
I really associate glamor with being happy. If you put on high heels and lipstick or get a new outfit, you feel great. — Amanda Lepore Copy Share Image
When I was in the hospital getting my sex change, I was just wishing I could be a pretty girl working in a mall. If I could have a crystal ball and see what I look like now - you know, modeling, David LaChapelle, hanging out with Daphne Guinness, singing with Lil' Kim, and traveling all over the world, I'd… — Amanda Lepore Copy Share
I've worked in the gay clubs in Moscow, and the big cities. They're much more tolerant. It's the small cities where you get the… — Amanda Lepore Copy Share Image
Life is going to hit you some line drives, and sometimes you'll have to think fast. However, it's better to think first than to… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
I watched the movie 'What We Do in the Shadows' in a packed theater when it first came out. — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
Our fashion for us, it's an expression; first of all of life, I put all of myself in my fashion. Sometimes it's good, sometimes… — Stefano Gabbana Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
Oh, I'm a great believer in the power of the pause. Radio is a bit brasher now. My style was slower. I just used… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
My first company, Pure Software, was exciting and innovative in the first few years and bureaucratic and painful in the last few before it… — Reed Hastings Copy Share Image
I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the… — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s. — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image