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" I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that. "

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" What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives. "

" I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British 'Elle.' It was April 14, 1986. "

" It's a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don't like is predictable. "

" I have no regrets. I've got my health. "

" I loved watching so many of the great designers I've worked with do what they do. That's why I'm still loyal to the designers that I've known since I was 16. "

" I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them. "

" I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty. "

" I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.' "

" I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out. "

" I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta. "

" The chocolate and crisps come in at times. You have to allow the little things that make you happy. I'm not extreme about what I eat. "

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" I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind. "

" Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion. "

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" Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort. "

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" When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then. "

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