Quotes by Model | Beyond Motive 10/15

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"I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous."

"I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous."

Adriana Lima, Brazilian Model

Movies, Teenagers

13

"But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely."

"But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

Fashion, Lonely, Prison

13

"I could lie and tell you I'm a hardcore gamer - I'm not."

"I could lie and tell you I'm a hardcore gamer - I'm not."

Josie Maran, American Model

13

"I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy."

"I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

13

"You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green."

"You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green."

Shalom Harlow, Canadian Model

13

"Music, art, theater. I'm just a big fan of beauty."

"Music, art, theater. I'm just a big fan of beauty."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Beauty, Art, Music, Theater

13

"My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976."

"My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

Company, First, Job

13

"It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too."

"It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too."

Tyra Banks, American Model

Life, Baby, Want, Years

13

"I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV."

"I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV."

Tyra Banks, American Model

Ideas, Being, Meeting, Planning

13

"Fashion is a very particular world, as you know."

"Fashion is a very particular world, as you know."

Heidi Klum, German Model

13

"There are plenty of beautiful girls who don't photograph well."

"There are plenty of beautiful girls who don't photograph well."

Lauren Hutton, American Model

13

"What my day is like depends on where I am."

"What my day is like depends on where I am."

Daniela Pestova, Czechoslovakian Model

13

"I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival."

"I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

Work, Land, Sleep

13

"You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself."

"You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Business, End, Facts, Feeling

13

"Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing."

"Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing."

Naomi Campbell, British Model

13

"Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!"

"Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!"

Kiana Tom, American Model

Health, Love, People, Successful

13

"I'm a real home girl."

"I'm a real home girl."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

13

"I love making independent movies, and that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my years."

"I love making independent movies, and that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my years."

Milla Jovovich, American Model

Love, Movies, Pretty, Rest

13

"I have a quiet and an artistic side that many people don't know of."

"I have a quiet and an artistic side that many people don't know of."

Kiana Tom, American Model

13

"Hopefully I'll be successful with the singing, but there are so many other things I want to do, like acting. I'll do them one at a time first!"

"Hopefully I'll be successful with the singing, but there are so many other things I want to do, like acting. I'll do them one at a time first!"

Katie Price, english Model

Time, Successful, Acting, Singing

13

"I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart."

"I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart."

Kiana Tom, American Model

13

"We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences."

"We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences."

Carre Otis, American Model

Beauty, Support

13

"Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that."

"Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that."

Cindy Margolis, American Model

13

"I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary. But now I'm writing a diary to him. I think it's not just me, but lots of others, family and friends, can still feel him around."

"I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary. But now I'm writing a diary to him. I think it's not just me, but lots of others, family and friends, can still feel him around."

Petra Nemcova, Czechoslovakian Model

Family, Friends, Now, Talk

13

"True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people."

"True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people."

Kiana Tom, American Model

13

"In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare."

"In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

13

"The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is."

"The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is."

Rachel Hunter, New Zealander Model

Society, Fidelity, Question

13

"Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion."

"Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion."

Niki Taylor, American Model

Family, Fashion, Friends, Will

13

"We knew we were talking about spies. I knew he knew I knew. I was digging my own grave."

"We knew we were talking about spies. I knew he knew I knew. I was digging my own grave."

Christine Keeler, English Model

13

"I always trust my gut reaction; it's always right."

"I always trust my gut reaction; it's always right."

Kiana Tom, American Model

13

"I stayed away from mirrors when I was younger and I didn't like having my picture taken. I was tall and had braces and felt ugly."

"I stayed away from mirrors when I was younger and I didn't like having my picture taken. I was tall and had braces and felt ugly."

Kylie Bax, New Zealander Model

13

"I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week."

"I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week."

Samantha Fox, English Model

13

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

Tyra Banks, American Model

12

"In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything."

"In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

Being, Day, First

12

"Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol."

"Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol."

Carre Otis, American Model

Food, Alcohol, Drugs, Eating

12

"It was my first big relationship and it was just very abusive. I wouldn't give him the credit of naming him, if he ever reads this. But he was older, in the music business - or so he said."

"It was my first big relationship and it was just very abusive. I wouldn't give him the credit of naming him, if he ever reads this. But he was older, in the music business - or so he said."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

Business, Music, Credit, First

12

"What I really tried to do with Helen was make her show this sad side of her. She was married off at 16, was so young and living in this castle that can't leave because of how she looks, and married to a man she hates and three times her age."

"What I really tried to do with Helen was make her show this sad side of her. She was married off at 16, was so young and living in this castle that can't leave because of how she looks, and married to a man she hates and three times her age."

Diane Kruger, German Model

Age, Living, Man

12

"I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world."

"I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

12

"My mother used to go out on her own, and I used to have to keep a look out for my stepfather coming home."

"My mother used to go out on her own, and I used to have to keep a look out for my stepfather coming home."

Christine Keeler, English Model

12

"I just feel a connection with Marilyn Monroe. I just love her. I just completely feel what she went through."

"I just feel a connection with Marilyn Monroe. I just love her. I just completely feel what she went through."

Anna Nicole Smith, American Model

Love, Connection

12

"I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role."

"I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

12

"If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?"

"If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?"

Katie Price, english Model

12

"I guess now that I think back, I used to play priest and be a funny priest. I don't know, I grew up in such a Catholic family that I kind of liked to test the boundaries a little bit and I think I had fun watching my mom laugh."

"I guess now that I think back, I used to play priest and be a funny priest. I don't know, I grew up in such a Catholic family that I kind of liked to test the boundaries a little bit and I think I had fun watching my mom laugh."

Jenny McCarthy, American Model

Family, Funny, Mom, Now

12

"I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor."

"I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor."

Katie Price, english Model

Humor, Hate, Laughter, Sense

12

"People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come."

"People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come."

Tyra Banks, American Model

People, Hope, Acting, Career

12

"I'm the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun."

"I'm the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun."

Jenny McCarthy, American Model

12

"I have made some of the best friends that I've got in this business."

"I have made some of the best friends that I've got in this business."

Kate Moss, English Model

Business, Friends

12

"I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous."

"I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous."

Kate Moss, English Model

Media, Responsibility

12

"I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that."

"I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that."

Catherine Bell, British Model

Thought, College

12

"It's going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to ourselves where we can refuge ourselves and cut ourselves off from the world."

"It's going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to ourselves where we can refuge ourselves and cut ourselves off from the world."

Milla Jovovich, American Model

12

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