- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shoes Quotes
On empathy, style, and the freedom of going barefoot.
This page gathers quotes about shoes in both literal and figurative senses—empathizing with someone you wouldn't want to trade places with, favorite designer pairs, and a farming childhood spent comfortably barefoot. See our look quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need to have a quick wardrobe. Two or three blazers with dark gray pants, two pairs of jeans, two light blue shirts, a casual shirt, two pairs of shoes, one formal one not. Small accessories like Tod's Greca belt and our woven bracelets for a wild touch.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sure, Tod's makes shoes and bags. But we make them using leather, which is a living substance to me. And behind each shoe and bag, which in itself may be attractive and useful and comfortable to carry and wear, there is this Italian spirit, this Italian dream.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want people to feel happy when they wear my shoes.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love shopping for shoes. I'm a big shoe-lover. Shopping is definitely something that I do on a regular basis.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in the '90s, so I've definitely resurrected many looks from my youth lately, including overalls, jelly shoes, and, of course, Doc Martens.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
In modeling, my height was a big challenge to overcome, because I was pretty much the shortest girl on the runway whenever I was doing the catwalk. The clothes didn't fit and the shoes didn't fit. It was an issue, but luckily, it didn't prevent me from working.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
- Nostalgia
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to see the '70s guys, if they're gonna do something, stay valid in the '90s. Then they belong. If they're trapped in the '70s, then it's nostalgia. You're not getting me in those platform shoes again.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just got an honorary degree from Glasgow University, and I had to wear around very painful shoes so that I didn't laugh all the way through the ceremony because I felt like an outlaw.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can remember watching Federer win Grand Slams on TV when I was a kid trying to put myself in his shoes.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were like at school. What shoes they wear. Spend days - weeks, months - being them until they thicken up and start to breathe.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of the awards, applause, Twitter followers, shoes, it will all go away eventually. But if I can leave the world slightly more hopeful, inspired, and more healed than when I arrived, I did my job.
- Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020