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" 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. "

Iman

Speech

Right

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Positive

" At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line. "

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" 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. "

" There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent. "

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

Iman

White

Somali

" My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Beauty is being comfortable and confident in your own skin. "

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

Iman

Ready

Every Day

" 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. "

" I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.' "

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

" 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! "

Iman

Restaurant

Hands

" 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. "

" I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim. "