As evidenced by the following actual quotes from some of today's 
hardest-working and best-known supermodels, we've come a long way from Oscar 
Wilde and Mark Twain...
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ON COURAGE
"They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my 
God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind."
 -- Cindy Crawford

ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE
"Everywhere I went, my cleavage followed. But I learned I am not my 
cleavage."
 -- Carole Mallory

ON POVERTY
"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery."
 -- Beverly Johnson

ON FATE
"I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that."
 -- Christie Brinkley

ON PSYCHOLOGY
"I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to 
get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth."

 -- Tatjana Patitz

ON ARRIVING
"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more 
particular about the acting roles I take."
 -- Kathy Ireland, star of 'Alien From L.A.' and 'Danger Island'

ON CAREER CHOICES
"My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a librarian."
 -- Paulina Porizkova

ON PRIORITIES
"I would rather exercise than read a newspaper."
 -- Kim Alexis

ON GEOPOLITICS
"Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. 
We had the same views on nuclear disarmament."
 -- Jerry Hall

ON INNER STRENGTH
"I love the confidence that makeup gives me."
 -- Tyra Banks

ON DEATH
"Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it."
 -- Cindy Crawford

ON TRAVEL
"I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. 
I haven't seen anything. I don't really care."
 -- Tyra Banks

ON BREAKTHROUGHS
"Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball 
and modeling."
 -- Gabrielle Reece

ON EPIPHANY
"I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought."
 -- Christie Brinkley

ON HEREDITY
"My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if 
she's ugly? You're ugly."
 -- Beverly Johnson

ON THE BASICS
"It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in.
If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your 
workout."
 -- Cheryl Tiegs

ON INTRODUCTIONS
"I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to 
meet yourself -- it's eerie."
 -- Christy Turlington

ON COURTSHIP
"The soundtrack to 'Indecent Exposure' is a romantic mix of music that I know 
most women love to hear, so I never keep it far from me when women are 
nearby."
 -- Fabio

ON PARADOX
"Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone . . ."
 -- Tatjana Patitz

ON THE CONSERVATION OF MATTER
"I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face."
 -- Claudia Schiffer

ON TRAGEDY
"The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles -- but I had on thick 
tights underneath."
 -- Naomi Campbell

ON INSTINCT
"If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some 
crackers."
 -- Carol Alt

ON THE CASTE SYSTEM
"We're not Prince Charles and Princess Di. We don't think of ourselves as 
royalty. We happen to be working people."
 -- Christie Brinkley

ON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
"I tried on 250 bathing suits in one afternoon and ended up having little 
scabs up and down my thighs, probably from some of those with sequins all 
over them."
 -- Cindy Crawford

ON ECONOMICS
"I don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
 -- Linda Evangelista

ON ZEN
"When I model I pretty blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work."
 -- Paulina Porizkova

ON LOGIC
"I think, If my butt's not too big for them to be photographing it, then it 
shouldn't be too big for me."
 -- Christy Turlington

ON BODY PARTS
"I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel 
like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous."
 -- Tyra Banks

ON BODY LANGUAGE
"You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've gained weight."
 -- Christy Turlington

ON DEPRIVATION
"If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time."
 -- Linda Evangelista

ON MOTIVATION
"It was kind of boring for me to have to eat. I would know that I had to, and 
I would."
 -- Kate Moss

ON VERSATILITY
"I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak."
 -- Linda Evangelista

ON THE GRIEF PROCESS
"When my Azzedine jacket from 1987 died, I wrapped it up in a box, attached a 
note saying where it came from and took it to the Salvation Army. It was a 
big loss."
 -- Veronica Webb

ON VENGEANCE
"Girls are always getting mad at each other and they tell their 
hairdresser to purposely mess up another girl's hair."
 -- Tasha

ON BATTING .667
"I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress."
 -- Cameron Diaz
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