Iman Quotes
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We are very private, so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house.
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Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter.
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Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others. Wigs, killer heels, Pilates, even fillers - whatever works for you, honey.
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There are highlights when you become irreplaceable as a model, like when you become a muse to designers. They look at you differently; you're not a coat hanger for hire.
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I speak five languages besides mine. I went to school in Egypt because girls weren't allowed to go to school in Saudi Arabia. It's very restricting, especially for girls; we're not allowed to go anywhere.
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I can't stand my legs, for a start, and you rarely see me in skirts.
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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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I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good.
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I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.
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When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl.
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The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.
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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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I have a 15-year-old daughter who thinks that I always had this self confidence that I have now at the age of 60. And I always tell her that what she is going through - the low self-esteem as a teenager - that is a right of passage.
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I tell all my younger friends, 'Don't be afraid of change. That is when you truly see what your destiny is.'
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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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I don't love eating meat. I really only like chicken and fish.
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I'll be truly happy when we're not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception.
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I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious.
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When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you.
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If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.
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I was under 18, and to leave Kenya to come to the United States, to get a passport, you had to be 18. So I lied and said I was 19 to get the passport, because otherwise, I had to have permission from my parents, and my parents would never have let me come.
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My father... gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.
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I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress.