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The pictures of those two holidays prove that confidence and ease can make the same person look quite different.
Her passion, her hard work, her constant desire to learn and improve, turned her into a great beauty, a superwoman, superstar, and role model, breaking boundaries and appealing to many generations. Madonna’s personality created Madonna. I
The strength of her desire to improve the world is a true example of beauty. I love her, respect her, and admire her, and feel so privileged to call her my friend.
Character. Intelligence. Strength. Style. That makes beauty. All these attributes form beauty, and personality, that elusive state of being that is not necessarily perfect. “Beauty is perfect in its imperfections.” It is our imperfections that make us different. Personality, not traditional beauty, is always what I’ve looked for in my models. I
Vital Voices
As my mother told me, if you save one life, it begins a dynasty. The life you save can save another, so one life is never too small.
“The way you look is important, but who you are and how you project it is eventually who you will become and how you will appear.”
I meditated and repeated the sutras Deepak gave me: Peace, Harmony, Laughter, Love, Creativity, Affluence, Abundance, Discrimination, Integration, Freedom, Truth, Knowledge, Infinity, Immortality, Enlightenment, Holiness.
I became much more health conscious after my bout with cancer. I eat lightly and in moderation—fresh, organic vegetables and fruits, grains and beans, little meat—and I resist sugar as much as I’m able to, but I still love dark chocolate and an occasional glass of great red wine. I drink lots of water—lots—and cups of hot, fresh ginger tea with lemon and honey.
Dr. Durrafourd, a homeopathic doctor in Paris that my friend actress Marisa Berenson introduced me to. I see him once a year. He does full blood work, calculates the results, and prescribes me all kinds of antioxidants—all plant-based and natural. I
Confidence makes us beautiful, and it comes from accepting yourself. The moment you accept yourself, it makes everything better.
Nature is never still. Things are growing, ripening, aging, fading, and then starting again.
Sometimes there are doors that will open and you think it is not an important door and yet it is—so it’s very important to be curious and pay attention, because sometimes you learn and you don’t even know you’re learning.”
“Passion and persistence are what matter. Dreams are achievable and you can make your fantasy come true, but there are no shortcuts. Nothing happens without hard work.”
When he came into my office he was impressed by the numbers of books I had around me, and I was impressed that he’d noticed them.
link engraved with one of my favorite sutras: Harmony, Integrity, Peace, Abundance, Love, Knowledge, Laughter, and Creativity.
Change, both exciting and painful, was in the air.
Having empowered myself, it was my duty to empower other women.
“assume-toi,” a French expression that means own yourself. What he was telling me was “Trust your own talent, learn to respect it.”
Effortless, sexy, and on-the-go, that little dress was very much the spirit of the brand!
