Iman Quotes

Iman

Profession : Model

Birth : July 25, 1955

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'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.

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At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.

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The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.

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The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience.

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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.

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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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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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My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.

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Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.

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I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way.

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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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We all have friends and loved ones who say 60's the new 30. No. Sixty's the new 60.

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Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.

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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.

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As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie.

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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.

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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.

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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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I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

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