Iskra Lawrence Quotes

Iskra Lawrence

Profession : Model

Birth : September 11, 1990

My long-term dream is to have self-education in schools for mental, physical, and emotional health because we need to learn how to speak to ourselves in a loving way and to each other.

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I treat health and fitness as looking after myself.

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You should be waking up and being excited about what you're going to do today, and your friends and your family, and what you're going to achieve in life.

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If you want to wear something and you feel confident, you are going to rock it. That's what I love about fashion: it's your choice and your chance to express yourself.

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I don't ever wanna blame my body for not being right.

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I had a turbulent relationship with my calves, but I love them now because I realize that they were never the problem.

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I dreamt of being an Aerie model before I came to New York. That was one of the main reasons I came to New York and wanted to get signed.

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Any images that I've had retouched, I look at them, and I think, 'Oh I actually don't want that.' That's why I don't share them on Instagram.

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I think unretouched images are even more beautiful.

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I didn't always have a lot of self confidence growing up.

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For so many years, I thought I wasn't good enough.

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I tried the maple syrup diet. I tried the protein-only Atkins diet.

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I feel like I deserve to be loved because I've learned to love myself.

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I had a taste for this fashion industry that I loved and wanted to be a part of.

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I just spent five, six years sacrificing so much to try and fit into that one ideal, that one small standard, and I was never good enough. And it was just frustration that turned into motivation... That became my ammunition, all the people that told me I couldn't.

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If you start talking to yourself in a loving way you're going to feel so much better, and your life is going to be so much happier.

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You're always 'too' something.

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I started when I was 13 years old by entering 'Elle Girl''s search for the next supermodel in the U.K. I got to the finals and was signed by Storm.

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Instead of waking up and worrying about your thigh gap, wake up and worry about what you're going to achieve today. What can you do, and how can you give back?

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We need to realize that we can do anything with our lives because of who we are.

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