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All Quotes by author - Amanda de Cadenet

" As a photographer, there are times when I have to decide if it's appropriate to invade a moment with my camera. "

" Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could. "

" Freedom is... not to be bound by my wounds. And to be able to eat cake every day. "

" I am interested in people. I'm interested in telling stories, whether that is behind the camera or in front of the camera. "

" I believe women need to hear stories and see images that they can identify with, not media-fabricated ideals that even the 'role models' themselves can't live up to. "

" If I could wave a magic wand, I would be a size 6 and still be able to eat cake every day. "

" If I'm looking at life without a spiritual perspective, it's a lot more painful, a lot more confusing, and there's so much that I don't understand. "

" I go to the Korean spa when the kids go to bed. It's like I turn my brain off. "

" I have autoimmune disease, thyroid problems, and I've been diagnosed pre-diabetic. "

" I love photography - I fell in love with photography, I think, because it was my own thing, it wasn't something I needed other people's permission to do. So, it was really freeing for me actually to be able to not be a famous person and just to take pictures. "

" I'm really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I've not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don't look a certain way. "

" In marriage, you sacrifice the adrenaline rush of seeing someone new for the comfort of being with someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway. "

" I think that the friendship that women share is so powerful. In fact, there's nothing quite like it. People talk about mother-child bonds, but I would argue that female friendship bond is also in a league unto its own. "

" Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally. "

" My daughter gave me a whole new perspective. "

" Only when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired do any of us do something different. "

" People reacted to how I looked, and that was certainly a power to have as a young girl, but not one that you really understand. "

" Persuasiveness takes finesse; it takes an understanding of human psychology. And intention is everything. "

" Pregnancy is a time for women to feel more connected with their bodies, and yet often the opposite occurs. "

" Spirituality is an anchor for me and guides me through life. "

" The power that you have as a young woman, unless you have great self-esteem, is largely based on how the rest of the world reacts to you. And so it's kind of a superficial confidence that you have, you know? "

" There are women who are just extraordinary, who are smart and brilliant, sensual women in their 70s and even 80s! "

" When I was interviewing Hillary Clinton, I knew when I'd ask her something that she wasn't going to give me the complete truth because she would break eye contact with me. "

" When you've worked as hard as I have to form your identity, the last thing you want is to blur where you end and someone else begins. "

" With the combination of spending a fair amount of time on planes, having twins that go to elementary school, and generally living a lifestyle that is pretty high-stress, I have been known to run myself down quite easily, so I am pretty much a petri dish for germs, colds, and flus. "

" You never know how your kids are going to turn out. You can raise them with all the best intentions, and then they're own people, and they have their own inner conflicts. You just hope you've given them some good stuff to navigate with. "

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