Christy Turlington Quotes
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I have healed myself through sharing my birth story as well as others' stories in my film 'No Woman, No Cry,' and in various writings and talks about maternal health.
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Every actor is a model to a certain extent, since they have to do so much press.
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As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!
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I have a beer belly.
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I didn't know anything about running gear when I started out, but after trying a few shoe brands, I've discovered that Brooks are my preferred shoes.
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Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks.
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It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death.
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We're living in miraculous times where connections are made at the blink of an eye, the tap of a thumb, and the click of a mouse. We can never replace human interaction, but these simple actions can be powerful and meaningful to those we connect with.
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If we truly value humanity, life, and all that it represents in its highest form, then we need to do all that we can to promote quality of life over the quantity of life.
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Lipstick is the easiest way to dress up without doing a lot, but it's hard to maintain, so I always opt for nudes if I'm going out for a long time.
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Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. We inform, engage, and mobilize audiences to take action and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world.
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Imagine a world where mothers take as good care of themselves as they do their children and a world where mothers are so supported they're able to do that. That's the world we all need to create because our children, families, and communities are depending on us.
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More than half of pregnant women in the U.S. are obese, which leads to complications like hypertension, gestational diabetes and high blood pressure.
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Yoga has helped me to see death as more of a gift than a loss, and that has been my experience so far.
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So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.
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A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion.
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I want my daughter to see that I am a professional and have commitments, but that I'm there when the family needs me, and so is their father. In some cases, more so.
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Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist sense of the word.
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Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.
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I remember doing a shoot for Herb Ritts, hanging off the Eiffel Tower - that wasn't your usual day at the office. It was terrifying, and in the end, you couldn't really tell how high I was because the photographer was scared of heights, so he was quite far away from me.
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Yoga is not a religion to me.
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Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs.
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It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.
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I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.