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

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" 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. "

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Life Is Too Short

" 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. "

" People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving. "

" We never do Valentine's dinner, because everybody, they look. On Valentine's, imagine me and David going to a restaurant! Like, everybody's going to say, 'Did they talk? Did they hold hands?' Twenty years. We've been married twenty years! "

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

" My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960. "

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

" I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps. "

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

" 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. "

" I would rather Google other people than Google myself. "

" If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away. "

" 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. "

" There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist. "

" I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali. "

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

" 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. "

" That is something that my mother instilled in me at a very young age - to know my self-worth. And I have had times again and again in the fashion industry where all of that was tested and I rose to the occasion because I was told that I am worthy and I should be able to walk away from something that is not worthy of me. "

" Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity. "

" I was under 18, and to leave Kenya to come to the United States, to get a passport, you had to be 18. So I lied and said I was 19 to get the passport, because otherwise, I had to have permission from my parents, and my parents would never have let me come. "

" You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise. "

" 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. "

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

" I thought at 46 years old, I've been removed from the fashion industry for 10 years. I couldn't possibly write a model's book. That's for a 20-year-old. But I could say what I want to say without chastising the industry. "

" I believe the universe has great plans for us. When you are young, you don't learn that. "

" The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40. "

" I would go to cosmetics counters and buy two or three foundations and powders, and then go home and mix them before I came up with something suitable for my undertones. "