Iman Quotes

Iman

Profession : Model

Birth : July 25, 1955

I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?

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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.

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We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.

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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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We never do Valentine's dinner, because everybody, they look. On Valentine's, imagine me and David going to a restaurant! Like, everybody's going to say, 'Did they talk? Did they hold hands?' Twenty years. We've been married twenty years!

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I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious.

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People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving.

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I would go to cosmetics counters and buy two or three foundations and powders, and then go home and mix them before I came up with something suitable for my undertones.

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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'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power.

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Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.

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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.

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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.

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I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.

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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.

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We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world.

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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 don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.

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I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.

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