One seeks inspiration and turns to the Bible, the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, the Tao Te Ching, the Torah. But sometimes they're not enough. That's when you need . . .
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ON COURAGE "They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind." Cindy Crawford |
| ON POVERTY "Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery." Beverly Johnson |
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ON FATE "I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that." Christie Brinkley |
| ON SELF-ESTEEM "I loved making 'Rising Sun.' I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth." Tatjana Patitz |
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ON ARRIVING Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take." Kathy Ireland, star of 'Alien From L.A.' and 'Danger Island' |
| ON PRIORITIES "I would rather exercise than read a newspaper." Kim Alexis |
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ON INNER STRENGTH "I love the confidence that makeup gives me." Tyra Banks |
| ON TRAVEL "I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care." Tyra Banks |
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ON BREAKTHROUGHS "Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling." Gabrielle Reece |
| ON HEREDITY "My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'" Beverly Johnson |
| ON THE BASICS "It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout." Cheryl Tiegs |
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ON PARADOX "Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone." Tatjana Patitz |
| ON TRAGEDY "The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath." Naomi Campbell |
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ON INSTINCT "If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers." Carol Alt |
| ON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS "I tried on 250 bathing suits in one afternoon and ended up having little scabs up and down my thighs, probably from some of those with sequins all over them." Cindy Crawford |
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ON ECONOMICS "I don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." Linda Evangelista |
| ON THINKING "When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work." Paulina Porizkova |
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ON MOTIVATION "It was kind of boring for me to have to eat. I would know that I had to, and I would." Kate Moss |
| ON DEPRIVATION "If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time." Linda Evangelista |
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ON VERSATILITY "I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak." Linda Evangelista |
| ON THE GRIEF PROCESS "When my Azzedine jacket from 1987 died, I wrapped it up in a box, attached a note saying where it came from and took it to the Salvation Army. It was a big loss." Veronica Webb |
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Fredrik Astrom
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