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" 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. "
Iman
Age
Knowledge
Better
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" I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power. "
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" 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. "
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" 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! "
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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. "
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" My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles. "
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" People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears. "
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" 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. "
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" It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled. "
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" Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther. "
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" 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. "
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" My given name was Zahra, which is the 'flower of the desert.' I don't look anything like the flower of the desert. My name was changed by my grandfather to Iman, which means 'have faith.' And it meant to have faith that a daughter would come. "
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" Change makes you find your calling, your legacy, and God's divine plan for your life. Don't run from it. "
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" The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them. "
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" 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. "
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