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" Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met. "
Iman
He
Persona
Singer
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" People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving. "
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See
People
Picture
" As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie. "
Iman
Always
Did
Fall
" We all have friends and loved ones who say 60's the new 30. No. Sixty's the new 60. "
Iman
Loved
Say
New
" When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you. "
Iman
You
Nobody
Think
" I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace. "
Iman
Versace
Been
Mr
" I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before? "
Iman
Before
Mean
Discover
" I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry. "
Iman
Beauty
Politics
Science
" 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. "
Iman
Want
Book
Fashion
" I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s. "
Iman
More
Far
Grounded
" We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world. "
Iman
Out
Look
Girl
" I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday. "
Iman
Like
Everyday
Just
" I can't stand my legs, for a start, and you rarely see me in skirts. "
Iman
You
Start
Stand
" There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend. "
Iman
Out
Create
Follow
" I don't love eating meat. I really only like chicken and fish. "
Iman
Meat
Fish
Like
" 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. "
Iman
Born
Parents
Mother
" 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. "
Iman
Best
Said
Power
" 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. "
Iman
Girl
Myself
Mother
" One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed. "
Iman
Beard
Name
Political
" My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles. "
Iman
Looks
Lines
Laugh
" Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good. "
Iman
Soul
Love Is
Love
" The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience. "
Iman
Child
Your
Patience
" I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good. "
Iman
Night
You
Start
" The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them. "
Iman
Convention
Reinvent
Who
" We are very private, so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house. "
Iman
Will
Keep
House
" I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed. "
Iman
Out
Woman
Finding
" 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. "
Iman
Cultures
Lesson
Me
" There are highlights when you become irreplaceable as a model, like when you become a muse to designers. They look at you differently; you're not a coat hanger for hire. "
Iman
You
Look
Like
" I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious. "
Iman
Studious
Child
Fit
" I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.' "
Iman
Vogue
Fashion
Seen
" The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear. "
Iman
Most
Life
People