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" I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders. "

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" I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades. "

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" From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside. "

" I don't have to have a child come from my womb to have a connection. Children that are already born are beautiful to me. I can definitely be a mother to them. "

" 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 want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ. "

" The creation of my cosmetics experience has been years in the making. "

" 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 went to school for me - I didn't do it to make any sort of statement. So the very first year I was in school, I wasn't there under my own name. It was very incognito. "

" I grew up wearing a uniform to school, and now I have my stylist come to my apartment and create outfits for me to wear. Otherwise, I'd never get dressed. "

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

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" I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous. "

" I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area. "

" When I was a model, they called me 'Tyra;' now it's 'Ms. Banks.' "

" People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come. "

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" I gave myself a year to be a supermodel. And I said, 'If it doesn't happen, I'm going back to school.' "