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All Quotes by author - Irina Shayk
" Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. I felt it was my destiny. "
Myself
Leave
Hometown
" After school, my sister and I helped our mom in the garden. We grew potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes - not for fun, but to eat. "
Fun
School
Mom
" All women have insecurities and bad times. What counts is how you overcome them. "
Bad
Bad Times
Overcome
" A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for. "
Work
Think
Hard Work
" At 14, I'd have given my left arm to be a boy: I thought I was horrible and that no-one would ever find me attractive. "
Boy
Left
Me
" Both should share the same concept of what a relationship means and the same energy to believe in a monogamous relationship. "
Energy
Relationship
Same
" Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin. "
Me
Skin
School
" Don't forget to eat a lot of greens and fish oil pills. Those are two of the best things to keep your skin glowing. "
Eat
Best
Skin
" Even if you have some extra kilos, you don't need to kill yourself for that; you just have to look at yourself as a positive. "
Positive
Look
Yourself
" Every year is beautiful, and I try to appreciate each moment in my career, but 30 was definitely one of my best. "
Moment
Appreciate
Beautiful
" For my body, I like high-waisted jeans because they make your leg look longer and hides this extra thing on my stomach. You can eat extra food with it because it hides, and I like to tuck in my t-shirts. "
Body
You
Look
" I always had a short bob with bangs, and I hated it. My mum would always say, 'A short hair cut is always the way to go for you.' I had it for fourteen years! "
Hair
Short Hair
Short
" I am really bad with cleaning my closet. "
Closet
Cleaning
Bad
" I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer. "
Trying
You
Books
" I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym. "
Gym
I Believe
Believe
" I believe women should be independent and have their own life. But I also think that when a couple decides to have a family, things change because you need to live in unison. "
Change
Women
Life
" I couldn't speak any English when I first left Russia, and Intimissimi taught me everything. The team was like a family to me - they showed me how to model and how to stay in shape. They really believed in me. "
Everything
Family
Me
" I do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with. "
I Am
Boxing
Little
" I don't believe in men who make us feel unhappy, because they're boys, not men. "
Unhappy
Men
Feel
" I don't care what people think about me. I really don't. "
Think
Me
Care
" I don't cook. I love to eat. I love to go to the restaurants. "
Love
Cook
Eat
" I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids. "
Know
Going
Family
" I don't spend a lot of money on clothes, which is weird because I am a fashion model, but when it comes to the new collections coming out, I am just praying designers send it to me for free. "
Money
Fashion
Free
" I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person. "
Time
Find
Perfect
" I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids. "
Kids
Feel
Family
" If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it. "
Best
Good
You
" If you're with someone, it's because you're moving in the same direction, and you both are looking for the same thing. Both of you have to share the same concept of what a relationship means. "
Looking
Direction
Relationship
" If you want to eat chocolate or cakes, you have to eat it in the morning, for breakfast or lunch - don't eat it in the night. "
Lunch
Breakfast
You
" I get my light eyes from my mother. "
Mother
Light
Get
" I hadn't planned to be a model. It just happened by pure chance. I went to a beauty school with my sister, and I got discovered pretty late. I was discovered when I was 20-21. "
School
Beauty
Late
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