Tyra Banks Modeling Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.

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#3. I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

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#4. I would not recommend a teen getting into modeling if they're not solid when it comes to their grades and school. That comes first. My mother always told me that came first.

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#5. I actually don't miss modeling and I think the reason why is because of America's Next Top Model.

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#6. Be prepared to fall out of love with your words. I'm still too verbose at times.

Josh Elliott

#7. With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like ' ... retired.'

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#8. The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.

Francois Mauriac

#9. Pour God's love out of you in pitcher fulls, not thimbles.

Shannon L. Alder

#10. I'm sure I'll have more to say about the penis word.

John Irving

#11. I go back to when we met with the late Steve Jobs. He couldn't understand why we didn't put Wi-Fi in every cable set box. And I literally went home and said, 'Tell me again - what's Wi-Fi?'

Brian L. Roberts

#12. Modeling is being a ho, but making it fashion.

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#13. When modeling agencies were saying that I was too big and gaining weight, my mom said, 'OK, we're going to discuss what they're saying over pizza, and we're going to plan the future of your career which doesn't involve you having to be skinny.'

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#14. We had a motto in my school: 'Men for Others.' And it was there that my faith became something vital. My north star for orienting my life. And when I left high school, I knew that I wanted to battle for social justice.

Tim Kaine

#15. The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.

George Herbert

#16. You climb only because the mountain allows it. If it says wait, then you must wait, and when it allows you to go, then you must struggle and strain in the thin air with all your might. Listening to the mountain and having patience on it are the keys to survival.

Bear Grylls

#17. Beauty's easy. Modeling is not just about being pretty.

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#18. Children are our most valuable resource.

Herbert Hoover

#19. By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.

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#20. The sunlight slipped over the polished leaves.

Oscar Wilde

#21. I don't think me walking away from modeling was scary for me. In hindsight, I think it was very risky, when you talk about risk. Because it paid the bills.

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#22. Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending.

Tom Coburn

#23. On 'America's Next Top Model,' I mentor girls on television. When that TV goes off, I actually mentor other girls in the modeling industry - girls that have not been on 'Top Model,' but who appear in 'Vogue' worldwide.

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#24. Honestly, I don't read the press. I don't know what they're saying.

Serena Williams

#25. What's life except for a palpable illusion?

Stewart Sternberg

#26. Most magicians are afraid of magic.

Max Maven

#27. How's Alison getting on?'

Conway snorted. 'Tucked up in the sick room like she's dying in some season finale. Little fadey voice on her and all. She's having a great old time.

Tana French

#28. Modeling chose me, I didn't choose modeling.

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