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

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" 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. "

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

" I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace. "

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

" I suffer from low self-esteem. I had horrible self-esteem growing up. You really have to save yourself because the critic within you will eat you up. It's not the outside world - it's your interior life, that critic within you, that you have to silence. "

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" I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly. "

" After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people. "

" People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle. "

" 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 am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile. "

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

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

" I have no intention of ever writing beauty tips on how to make an African-American nose look slimmer or Asian eyes look bigger. That's degrading. Asian eyes are what's beautiful about you and what makes you different. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" Change makes you find your calling, your legacy, and God's divine plan for your life. Don't run from it. "

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

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" My father... gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman. "

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