Christy Turlington Quotes
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I think each woman has her own relationship to beauty.
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In the world of maternal health, cell phone technology is being used to provide prenatal care, linking pregnant women to health care providers when they can't otherwise reach healthcare facilities.
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Walking strengthens my legs, and I swing my arms to tone my upper body.
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I was really gangly and uncoordinated as a kid. I couldn't even do a cartwheel.
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I like the big questions.
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Yoga has been the best tool for managing stress and life's challenges. Everything from my studies to my father's death was eased by my practice of it.
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Cholera is even more severe among populations who are immunologically naive.
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With every passing year, I feel more fulfilled.
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I do everything in moderation.
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Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga.
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On the days I don't run, I do yoga and cross-training.
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I associate wisdom and grace with age.
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In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.
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When 1970s feminism hit the United States, women demanded the right to natural childbirth and to have their husband or another support person in the delivery room. My mother gave birth to me during this time.
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I grew up Catholic. My mother is from El Salvador, so my family on her side is Roman Catholic. My father is Protestant, and while he was spiritual, he wasn't much of a churchgoing person. I think it's fairly common for families to be brought up in the mother's religion.
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Mothers need mothers. Let's be there for one another.
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There have been so many photographers and editors who mentored me over the years. At the very beginning, the person who taught me the most was Arthur Elgort. I always loved working with him. We traveled a lot together.
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The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.
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Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.
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I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji, I'd like to do.
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Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.
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As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice.
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I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people, especially young people.
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My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are, and it's a job I take quite seriously.