Tyra Banks Modeling Quotes

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

George Herbert

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

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#3. 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

#4. Most magicians are afraid of magic.

Max Maven

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

Stewart Sternberg

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

Serena Williams

#7. 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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#8. Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending.

Tom Coburn

#9. 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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#10. The sunlight slipped over the polished leaves.

Oscar Wilde

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

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#12. Children are our most valuable resource.

Herbert Hoover

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

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#14. 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

#15. 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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#16. 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

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

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#19. 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

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

John Irving

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

Shannon L. Alder

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

Francois Mauriac

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

Josh Elliott

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

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

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

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