Devon Aoki Quotes

#1. I think it's important that there is a change, especially in fashion. I'm pleased to be part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo.

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#2. I'm pretty athletic, but I'm not very strong.

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#3. I sometimes think, would I drink the milk from the breast of a woman I don't know? No. So I think, why would I drink it from a cow?

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#4. I always thought models had to fit a certain mould. I never thought I had what it takes. I'm too small and my look's pretty weird.

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#5. The big rules of knife fighting are (a) do not try it at home, and (b) the whole point is never, ever use the blade. It is there to distract your opponent. While he stares at the gleaming steel, you kick his balls to kingdom come
he's all yours. Just a tip!

Keith Richards

#6. It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

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#7. Cynicism is when a small mind and a hurt heart rejects the hope, love, and truth of a big and caring God.

Jayce O'Neal

#8. Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own.

Alan Cohen

#9. You know, I always liked that about you, Janet. You think like a criminal.

Starr Ambrose

#10. Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matter of course.

John Lukacs

#11. Everyone has their own insecurities, regardless of how you look or how people perceive you, but sometimes people give their insecurities too much power. Defining beauty is simply a matter of opinion. For me, real beauty has very little to do with the structure of someone's face or body.

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#12. In modeling, my height was a big challenge to overcome, because I was pretty much the shortest girl on the runway whenever I was doing the catwalk. The clothes didn't fit and the shoes didn't fit. It was an issue, but luckily, it didn't prevent me from working.

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#13. I lived in London for eight years and I like to say that I am two parts American and one part British because I lived there for a third of my life.

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#14. Nothing is forever, if you have enough power tools.

Albie Sachs

#15. A good heart attack or a bad heart attack?

Victoria Michaels

#16. I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.

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#17. I had professional stunt racers teaching me how to drive.

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#18. I'm really not that weird. I'm a combination of a lot of different things. Maybe it's just easier to make me look weird than another model who is specifically Caucasian.

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#19. I have lots of brothers and sisters, two of whom are younger than myself, so I rely on my phone, text messaging or e-mailing to stay in the loop and communicate when I'm away for big chunks of time.

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