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" I don't think me walking away from modeling was scary for me. In hindsight, I think it was very risky, when you talk about risk. Because it paid the bills. "

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" I have a poverty demon. I'll ask my accountant if I can afford something, and he'll say, 'What are you talking about?' "

" My natural hair texture is very kinky. "

" I have scars on the backs of my arms from dressers in Paris scraping me with pins as I was taking a shirt or gown off. "

" I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it. "

" I always had a passion to write as a young girl. "

" I'm frugal. I've always been this way. When I was young, my mom would give me my allowance, and I'd peel off a little each week and have some to spare. "

" I would love for models to be protected by a guild. "

" With 'America's Next Top Model,' I've always cast girls who the industry might call 'plus size' but I like to call 'fiercely real.' That was always important to me. "

" Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. "

" I ain't no cougar. "

" I'm not in a position to tell heavy people anything. "

" I know I'm an overachiever, and I'm not apologetic about it. "

" I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally. "

" Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision. "

" I was embarrassed when a businessman friend asked, 'What's the yearly budget of your talk show? What's the per-episode budget?' And I looked at him with these blank, typical-model eyes and said, 'I don't know.' I call myself a businesswoman, and I don't know that? "

" I'm always looking at how I can be atypical. "

" Just because you don't know if other people are experiencing the same thing as you are, it doesn't mean that it's not happening. Everybody doesn't necessarily share everything. Just know that what you're going through, other people are going through it, too. "

" I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk. "

" I love daytime television. "

" I'm a lover of fashion websites. "

" There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are. "

" The future is in photos for social media. More and more people are not reading, so I try to attach a photo to most Tweets. "

" Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces. "

" I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing. "

" Moms, you are the first and most influential role model in your girl's life. Use that power. "

" I'm obsessed with the theme parks and themed restaurants, I love it! "

" A while ago I said that, 'You know, I like a guy - he doesn't have to be all rich and famous - he can be normal.' And I remember I was walking in the mall, and this guy was like, 'Tyra, I'm normal. I live with my mama. I ain't got a car and I ain't got a job! I'm real normal.' And I'm like, 'That's not normal - that's a loser!' "

" I am intimidated by that eyeliner in a pot. You have to take a brush and wet it and then dip it in and get it straight. It's just a mess. "

" I just think, as a model, it's taught me to be a master of deception and illusion. "