Tyra Banks Quotes - Page 5

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• As my mom wiped the tears from my face, she said, 'Tyra, you know what we’re going to do about this? We’re going to go eat pizza.' We sat in a tiny pizzeria in Milan and strategized about how to turn my curves into a curveball. In a way, it was my decision not to starve myself that turned me into a supermodel, and later on, a businesswoman.

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  Mom, Curves, Decision

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• Modeling is being a ho, but making it fashion.

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  Fashion, Modeling

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• When I am full, I stop eating.

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  Ice Cream, Eating

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• I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ.

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  Running, Athlete, Want

  "Tyra Banks takes final spin on the runway". Interview with The Associated Press, chronicle.augusta.com. December 5, 2005.

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• I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?

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  Pain, Dollars, Body

  "COVER STORY: Tyra Banks Speaks Out About Her Weight". People Interview, people.com. January 24, 2007.

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• From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

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  Top Model, Moments, Walks

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• I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.

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  Students, Beats, Capacity

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• When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like I'm on my way to a lot more, but mogul is a really serious thing. I think it's a word that gets thrown around easily.

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  Thinking, Nyc, Serious Things

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• I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.

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  Years, Voice, Perfect

  "Tyra Banks: creator of TV's 'America's next top model' tells why singing is her next move" by Margena A. Christian, March 1, 2004.

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• I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk.

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  Mother, Thinking, Fats

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• I hate when models say 'Oh, plastic surgery is just a wrong thing. What are you talking about? You won the genetic lottery. You look like this specimen that's making people everywhere feel insecure and you're going to ridicule someone for getting plastic surgery?

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  Hate, Insecure, Talking

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• I have so many goals.

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  Goal, Setting Goals

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• I won't say if I'm single or dating or married or divorced. There's boundaries.

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  Dating, Single Life, Married

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• I kind of like the wind in my face. If it wasn’t there, I don’t know if I would push as hard.

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  Wind, Faces, Kind

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• 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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  Years, Careers, People

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• I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.

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  Sleep, Work Out, Endurance

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• I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.

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  Magazines, Helping, Expensive

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• Hotness to me is scary. I don't want to be hot. I just want to be a staple. I want to be something that's trusted.

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  Scary, Growth, Hot

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• When I was a young girl, I lost a lot of weight over one summer - involuntarily - and was just really depressed and sad. There was nothing I could do to gain weight. I would look in the mirror and call myself disgusting every day.

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  Girl, Summer, Mirrors

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• I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.

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  Average, Pounds, Fame

  "The supermodel turned spokeswoman". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2007.

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• Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

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  Firefighter, Design, Fickle

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

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  Thinking, America, Missing

  "Model to Mogul and Beyond". Interview with Ty-Ron Mayes, westeastmag.com. October 27, 2012.

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• I really, really love China. To be honest, the food is so amazing! When I first went to Beijing and Shanghai, I actually became obsessed with soup dumplings, and would stand in lines and get them on the street. It was something that I became obsessed with and when I came back to the States, I did all this research for the best soup dumplings in the Los Angeles area and in the New York area and it was amazing to find those Asian dishes that were authentic and I can enjoy them at home.

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  New York, Home, Research

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• Because my hands are rough and wrinkley, they are my least favourite feature. An ex-boyfriend used to call them 'Freddy Kreuger' fingers.

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  Ex Boyfriend, Hands, Favourite

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• I think it makes women feel better to find fault with other women. I do that, too.

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  Feel Better, Thinking, Faults

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