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" As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie. "

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" I have a certain manner of speech that is unique to me. I tried once to have my staff tweet for me, and it was a disaster! People knew right away that it wasn't me. "

" I was born in Somalia, which is in East Africa. My parents started with nothing: poor, poor, poor. They eloped, which was unheard of in my country, when my father was 17 and my mother was 14. "

" Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met. "

" When I was in high school,we were, like, 4,000 or 5,000 students, and 50 girls - and I didn't have a date for my prom. My father paid my cousin to take me. "

" Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field. "

" I can't stand my legs, for a start, and you rarely see me in skirts. "

" My given name was Zahra, which is the 'flower of the desert.' I don't look anything like the flower of the desert. My name was changed by my grandfather to Iman, which means 'have faith.' And it meant to have faith that a daughter would come. "

" I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day. "

" When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza. "

" I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday. "

" It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled. "

" I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me. "

" There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend. "

" The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them. "

" Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther. "

" The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience. "

" Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good. "

" I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it. "

" I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power. "

" People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears. "

" We all have friends and loved ones who say 60's the new 30. No. Sixty's the new 60. "

" I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way. "

" At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem. "

" Nobody has ever said to me that I was pretty, 'til I met Peter Beard. "

" I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress. "

" When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl. "

" I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old. "

" I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic. "

" We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture. "