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" I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter. "

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

" I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. "

" I'm always criticised by other Somalis and Muslims for what I'm doing as a model and married to a white man and all that. "

" I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious. "

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

" I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans. "

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

" I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do. "

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

" The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear. "

" My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again. "

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

" Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien. "

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