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" 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. "

Iman

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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. "

Iman

Far

Grounded

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

" I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly. "

" There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist. "

Iman

Think

Culture

" The day you settle for less is the day you will get less. "

" I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple. "

" I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way. "

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

" I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me. "

" I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry. "

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

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

Iman

Out

Create

" I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before? "

" I thought at 46 years old, I've been removed from the fashion industry for 10 years. I couldn't possibly write a model's book. That's for a 20-year-old. But I could say what I want to say without chastising the industry. "

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

" When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza. "

" 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. "

" I can't stand my legs, for a start, and you rarely see me in skirts. "

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

" The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40. "

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

Iman

Men

Positive

" 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 started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed. "

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem. "

" 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. "

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

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