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" I think of dystopian as 'Mad Max,' as 'Book of Eli,' as the world is ending. "

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" Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up. "

" I tend to hang out with my friends in Los Angeles from high school. We know each other from back in the day. They still see me as just dumb Tyra. We have a strong bond. "

" The fire to inspire women and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me. "

" If you can think psychographically and not demographically, you can really target a lot more audiences. "

" I don't think I'll always be on television. "

" When I'm coming offstage after my show, I'm thinking about what's on my TiVo. "

" It's so important to understand your good attendance ups your chances of graduating. "

" I'm a big fan of Lady Gaga. "

" I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save. "

" 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 did an episode on my talk show on cellulite, and I brought seven women into a dressing room at Nordstrom's in L.A., and we all sat and talked about our cellulite. "

" I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them. "

" I have worn fake hair since I was 17 years old. "

" Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty. "

" Global warming will threaten our crops, so natural food will be scarce. Hourglass, curvy bodies will be the aspirational beauty standard, representing that those women have access to bounties of fulfilling yet healthy food, which means they are affluent. "

" My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it. "

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

" I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV. "

" Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will. "

" I'm not led by money, because if that's the case, I can throw my name on everything and have a million-dollar company. "

" I wanted to be a film and television writer and producer. "

" It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too. "

" I don't know how to be sexy on a date. Put up a camera and a wind machine, and I'll give you sexy. Put me at a dinner table with some candlelight and the moon shining in and, oh, I will give you dork. "

" Whenever someone says I'm the next Oprah, I always respond, 'Child, there's only one Mahogany, and only one Oprah.' There are no others. "

" I look up to Martha Stewart, and I love that she has product lines that are true extensions of her brand. "

" I've had my heart broken one too many times. "

" My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won. "

" Tyra the businesswoman is very close to - and I hate third person, but you said it, oh, chiiild, you said it - but me the businessperson and me the person: very similar. I can be in a business meeting and be all 'Wooo!' and 'Oh, child!' and still be talking revenues and profits and cash flows. "

" I used to love writing in my journal. "

" With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like '... retired.' "