Iman Quotes

Iman

Profession : Model

Birth : July 25, 1955

It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled.

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There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.

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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.

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One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed.

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I have no intention of ever writing beauty tips on how to make an African-American nose look slimmer or Asian eyes look bigger. That's degrading. Asian eyes are what's beautiful about you and what makes you different.

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The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.

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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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I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s.

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I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do.

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My father... gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

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I have a certain manner of speech that is unique to me. I tried once to have my staff tweet for me, and it was a disaster! People knew right away that it wasn't me.

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Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.

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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.

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I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.

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When I was in high school,we were, like, 4,000 or 5,000 students, and 50 girls - and I didn't have a date for my prom. My father paid my cousin to take me.

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I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed.

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People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle.

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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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After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people.

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Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.

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