The Wisdom of Supermodels
Life's challenges can seem almost insurmountable at times. Andthings appear to be getting not only harder, but weirder as well.One might normally seek inspiration and turn to the Bible, the Koran, theBhagavad-Gita, the Tao Te Ching. 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 Ithought, Oh, my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herselffrom behind."--Cindy Crawford
ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE: "Everywhere I went, my cleavage followed. But I learnedI am not my cleavage."--Carole Mallory
ON POVERTY: "Everyone should have enough money to get plasticsurgery."--Beverly Johnson
ON FATE: "I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have toface that."--Christie Brinkley
ON ARRIVING: "Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up andbe more particular about the acting roles I take."--Kathy Ireland(star of "Alien from L.A." and "Danger Island")
ON CAREER CHOICES: "My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to bea librarian."--Paulina Porizkova
ON PRIORITIES: "I would rather exercise than read a newspaper."--Kim Alexis
ON GEOPOLITICS: "Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other alot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nucleardisarmament."--Jerry Hall
ON INNER STRENGTH: "I love the confidence that makeup gives me."--Tyra Banks
ON DEATH: "Richard (Gere) doesn't really like me to kill bugs, butsometimes I can't help it."--Cindy Crawford
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
ON BREAKTHROUGHS: "Once I got past my anger toward my mother, Ibegan to excel in volleyball and modeling."--Gabrielle Reece
ON EPIPHANY: "I just found out that I'm one inch taller than Ithought."--Christie Brinkley
ON HEREDITY: "My husband was just OK-looking. I was in labor and Isaid to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'"--Beverly Johnson
ON THE BASICS: "It's very important to have the right clothing toexercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's notinspiring for your workout."--Cheryl Tiegs
ON INTRODUCTIONS: "I think most people are curious about what itwould be like to be able to meet yourself--it's eerie."--ChristyTurlington
ON COURTSHIP: "The soundtrack to 'Indecent Exposure' is a romanticmix of music that I know most women love to hear, so I never keep itfar from me when women are nearby."--Fabio
ON THE CONSERVATION OF MATTER: "I've looked in the mirror every day for 20years. It's the same face."--Claudia Schiffer
ON TRAGEDY: "The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles--but I had on thick tights underneath."--Naomi Campbell
ON SURVIVAL: "If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-outand eat some crackers."--Carol Alt
ON THE CASTE SYSTEM: "We're not Prince Charles and Princess Di. We don'tthink of ourselves as royalty. We happen to be working people."--Christie Brinkley
ON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS: "I tried on 250 bathing suits in oneafternoon and ended up having little scabs up and down my thighs,probably from some of those with sequins all over them."--Cindy Crawford
ON THINKING: "When I model, I pretty much blank. You can't think toomuch or it doesn't work."--Paulina Porizkova
ON LOGIC: "I think, If my butt's not too big for them to bephotographing it, then it shouldn't be too big for me."--Christy Turlington
ON BODY PARTS: "I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makesme feel weird, and I feel like people are looking at me and that makesme nervous."--Tyra Banks
ON BODY LANGUAGE: "You can usually tell when I'm happy by the factthat I've gained weight."--Christy Turlington
ON DEPRIVATION: "If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would workout all the time."--Linda Evangelista
ON VERSATILITY: "I can do anything you want me to do so long as Idon't have to speak."--Linda Evangelista
ON THE GRIEF PROCESS: "When my Azzedine jacket from 1987 died, Iwrapped it up in a box, attached a note saying where it came from andtook it to the Salvation Army. It was a big loss."--Veronica Webb
ON VENGEANCE: "Girls are always getting mad at each other, and theytell their hairdresser to purposely mess up another girl's hair."--Tasha
ON MOTIVATION: "It was kind of boring for me to have to eat. I wouldknow that I had to, and I would."--Kate Moss
...and my personal favorite...
ON ECONOMICS: "I don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."--Linda Evangelista
