“Whenever people ask me how I manage to get through this whole crazy time of being incredibly famous and sort of an icon and supposedly a role model and all of this insanity, I always cite my family and then books. I don't know what I would have done without books.” PeopleKnowsBookDoneWholeAsksRolesCrazyModelsMy FamilyManageAsk MeInsanityRole ModelsIconsCitingCrazy Times Author:Molly Ringwald
“I don't write fiction but I do write narrative; I write memoirs that I treat like stories, so whenever I'm using somebody I actually know as a model, I am submitting them to the agenda of a storyteller, and I feel free to do what I want.” KnowsWantFeelsWritingStoriesFictionModelsTreatsMemoirNarrativeAgendasStoryteller Author:Vivian Gornick
“Executives run organizations. In business, we need executives who have clarity, people who are in touch with themselves. Then, in leadership and management positions, they can be good role models and leaders. The people I know who have really moved their organizations are scrupulous role models. They are so clear about honesty, integrity, openness, mutual self-respect, dignity for the individual, and creativity, that they don't deviate from these principles at all in their behavior.” PeopleKnowsNeedsSelfRunningIndividualBusinessLeaderPrinciplesRolesCreativityClearHonestyPositionIntegrityBehaviorModelsDignityOrganizationManagementMovedBe GoodClaritySelf RespectExecutivesMutualOpennessRole ModelsLeadership And ManagementHonesty IntegrityDeviateGood Role Models Author:Michael Ray
“Many times people will say, you know, you're such a great role model. Well, that's great, but at the end of the day, you have to learn to be your own best role model and learn what makes you happy, not necessarily what society thinks you're supposed to be or women that you look up to, what they're doing. I look at that as being a symbol in a blueprint, but never forget that who you are is what's most important.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsLooksImportantEndsForgetRolesModelsWho You AreSymbolsSupposed To BeLook UpThe End Of The DayNever ForgetRole ModelsMake You HappyBlueprintsGreat Role Models Author:Jada Pinkett Smith
“I've had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from models... I couldn't attempt to do a portrait from photographs of somebody I didn't know.” KnowsTakenPhotographyModelsPhotographPortraits Author:Francis Bacon
“I don't really understand why I should be a role model but I know that children do look up to me, so it is my responsibility to motivate people and be inspiring. I hope that I can do that for kids.” PeopleKnowsShouldLooksChildrenI CanKidsCan DoResponsibilityRolesModelsLook UpRole Models Author:Josh Peck
“Nollywood is a genre, and not the entire Nigerian film industry. However none of the 'New wave' of directors in Nigeria would know what was possible without the Nollywood model, so I'm grateful to them for showing us that our stories are of interest to people other than Nigerians. I would describe myself as a filmmaker, period.” PeopleKnowsStoriesFilmInterestIndustryPeriodsDirectorsModelsGratefulWaveGenreFilmmakerNigeriaFilm IndustryDescribe Myself Author:Chika Anadu
“I think I'm the future of hip-hop. You know, I feel bad for saying that. That's unfortunate, but that's a fact. You can't compare my model of hip-hop with what I'm about to come out with versus anything in the game.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsFactsGamesModelsHip HopHipsCompareHopsUnfortunateVersus Author:Spencer Pratt
“I make many mistakes. Many mistakes. I'm not a perfect human being. I have to learn from my mistakes. And a lot of the ones I've made have been public. So I always get nervous when people speak about something that sounds like a role model, because I don't know if I've been a great role model myself.” PeopleIfsKnowsHumansHas BeensMadeSpeakSoundHuman BeingsPerfectMistakeRolesModelsNervousRole ModelsMy MistakesLearn From My MistakesGreat Role Models Author:Naomi Campbell
“I am a good model because I have mastered my craft. I have accepted my body, I know it well and I know how to move in front of the camera.” KnowsWellsBodyMovingKnow HowFrontsModelsCamerasAcceptedCrafts Author:Crystal Renn
“It's language as a kind of structural system. A diagram of a sentence, now that seems like a kind of architectural model. I don't know how to explain it, but it would be nice to try. Why, why this fascination?” KnowsTryingKindSeemsWould BeLanguageKnow HowNiceModelsSentencesBeing NiceFascinationDiagrams Author:Vito Acconci
“I was always a big kid and I'm okay with that, but I know that it would have been better growing up if I had seen role models who had figures like me, beauty comes in all different packages.” IfsKnowsHas BeensDifferentBigsKidsRolesGrowing UpGrowingFiguresModelsOkayLike MeRole ModelsPackages Author:Mia Tyler
“We are living in a renaissance of personal writing. People are rebalancing the impersonalization endemic to modern society with an increase in personal introspection. We have enough common psychology under our belts to know that psychology doesn't explain or heal everything and that it isn't the fulfillment of awareness, but its beginning. We are undergoing a shift in paradigms in which we are trying to develop new models for humanness and human responsibility. This is no small task. Our individual lives are placed under increasing pressure to respond adequately to both inner and outer change.” PeopleKnowsWritingTryingHumansEnoughIndividualCommonResponsibilityPsychologyModernAwarenessModelsTasksIncreasePressureHealFulfillmentIntrospectionBeltsParadigmRenaissanceModern SocietyHumannessIndividual LifeJournalingPersonal Writing Author:Christina Baldwin
“Models eat. They're crazy about moderation, but they eat. There's this feeling that all models are into drugs or drinking or whatever, but I've got to say, 99% of the girls I work with are the healthiest people I know. Of course, as humans, we're not going to eat salads and organic food all the time.” PeopleKnowsHumansFeelingsGirlCoursesCrazyDrugModelsDrinkingModerationSaladOrganic Food Author:Chrissy Teigen
“My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, "I wish I could do that." Like women who endure hardships and turn their luck around and bring up children on their own and start a business. Or a social worker who leaves his country, his comfort, his friends, and goes far away to help people he doesn't know. I want to evolve into that, ultimately. I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.” PeopleKnowsWantChildrenPersonsCountryHelpingTurnsWishSocialCan DoRolesSacrificeComfortModelsLuckWorkersEndureEvolveHardshipRole ModelsFar AwaySocial Worker Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.” IfsKnowsWayWantWellsMovingKnow HowEffectsEgoModelsYogaHorseVery GoodRidingDressage Author:Edie Campbell
“If you read Calvin, for example, he says, How do we know that we are godlike, in the image of God? Well, look at how brilliant we are. Look how we can solve problems even dreaming, which I think is true, which I've done myself. So instead of having an externalized model of reality with an objective structure, it has a model of reality that is basically continuously renegotiated in human perception. I think that view of things is pretty pervasively influential in Protestant thought.” IfsThinkingKnowsHumansWellsLooksDoneProblemDreamRealityViewsExamplePerceptionModelsStructureSolveBrilliantObjectivesInfluentialProtestantsGod ImageGodlike Author:Marilynne Robinson
“A "showrunner" as a position is a relatively new thing. It used to be the executive producer. That's not true anymore. Now it's evolved into this model where people look to showrunners and say, that guy is that show. It's just become a lot more interesting to know the showrunner and to get a sense of that person.” PeopleKnowsLooksPersonsShowsUsedGuyInterestingPositionModelsProducersUsed To BeExecutivesNew ThingsThat Guy Author:Matt Nix
“Jesus is my role model and He is whom I try to follow. Everything I do, I know I'm representing Him. Does it mean I do it well all the time? No. But I do ask for forgiveness for the times I bring Him a bad name.” KnowsTryingWellsMeanDoeAsksJesusNamesRolesModelsRole ModelsRepresentingAsking For Forgiveness Author:Matt Diaz
“Whenever I wore it there were some questions whether the outfit was just too over the top. I'm like, "Do you know who you're dealing with here, and her eccentricities, her style, her flair?" These little things were sometimes those - I love it. I love having a real-life model. But I also do flush it out with my own personal experiences and my own essence, and hopefully they mesh together.” KnowsLittlesRealSometimesTogetherMy OwnStyleModelsEssenceReal LifeHopefullyDo You KnowLittle ThingsPersonal ExperiencesEccentricityOver The TopFlairMesh Author:Vera Farmiga
“I have a few friends who are models, but I know a lot of others as well. We usually go out for a drink or clubbing.” KnowsWellsDrinkModelsFew Friends Author:Katie Price
“In life, (the fashion world) is full of sharks. In this world the young girls lose themselves; become the property of others, live but for the job and their craziness...they don't know anymore where their home is. Many take drugs. It's strange. Perhaps the girls understand that this does not work for me. I don't have many friendships with other models. I respect them and enjoy working with them, but I probably would not invite them into my home. My house is like my heart, and I open it only to those with whom I have a close relationship.” KnowsWorldHeartDoeHomeJobsYoungGirlHouseEnjoyLosesFashionThis WorldStrangeMy HeartDrugModelsPropertyInvitesSharksCrazinessClose RelationshipFashion World Author:Laetitia Casta
“I can't let the baggage of my private life get into work. Artists are more fragile than normal people. But I know that I am a role model for zillions of people, so no matter how deep you are hurting, you need to come out strong.” PeopleKnowsNeedsI CanMatterArtistStrongHurtRolesNormalModelsRole ModelsFragilePrivate LifeBaggageHurting You Author:Bipasha Basu
“Our teachers were absolute tyrants. They had no sympathy with youth; their one object was to stuff our brains and turn us into erudite apes like themselves. If any pupil showed the slightest trace of originality, they persecuted him relentlessly, and the only model pupils whom I have ever got to know have all been failures in after-life.” IfsKnowsTurnsStuffBrainTeacherObjectsYouthModelsAbsolutesTyrantsOriginalityApesPupilsPersecutedEruditeNo Sympathy Book:Secret Conversations, 1941-1944 Source: Secret Conversations, 1941-1944
“This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.” IfsKnowsWellsWholeCharacterActorsStuffKnownKnow HowModelsBagsSpokesWell KnownAppreciatedRacket Author:John C. Reilly
“I don't know that I can define fear. But one of the sources of fear is holding up some sort of model life that doesn't exist and feeling like you're far away from it.” KnowsI CanFeelingsLike YouSourceModelsFar Away Author:Albert Brooks
“I didn't even know guys modeled before that. I thought Fabio was the only male model, and I really didn't fit that bill.” KnowsGuyFitModelsBillsMales Author:Ashton Kutcher
“If you had a personal trainer, you would probably eat him. I know that in every fat person, there's a skinny person inside, but you could have all the season's contestants of America's Next Top Model in you. I hope I get reincarnated as your feet. That way, you'd never see my face again... Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have insulted you. Because in my country, cows are sacred.” IfsKnowsWayPersonsCountryAmericaFacesNextFeetModelsSeasonsSacredSorryFatsCowsI'm SorrySkinnyTrainersInsultedContestantsTop Model Author:George Lopez
“The Pagan model of religion because, in the Pagan model, there were lots and lots of Gods and Goddesses. They were all incredibly beautiful and there were statues of them everywhere, which is the equivalent of magazines, or whatever, today. And they were fallible, which is different from being mono-, you know, Jewish or Islam (where) you have the infallible, monotheistic God.” KnowsDifferentTodayBeautifulModelsIslamMagazinesGoddessStatuesPaganInfallibleGods And GoddessesMono Author:Rachel Weisz
“You know why they say that, that models are too skinny? Because parents are horrible, they can't tell their sixteen year old daughter she's not really a princess, well guess what, I can.” KnowsYearsWellsI CanParentModelsDaughterHorriblePrincessSkinnySixteenSixteen Year Olds Author:Daniel Tosh
“We see something change in our climate and we blame ourselves ... I don't think we understand what happens. We can watch it happen on the (climate) models, we know it happens, but we don't know for sure how it happens.” ThinkingKnowsHappensWatchesModelsBlameClimateThings Change Author:Roy Spencer
“I hope my music inspires people and I want to be a good role model for everybody, not just the girls but for the guys too. I want to show everybody that I didn't grow up in the spotlight like the Mickey Mouse Club to make it. That is important for kids to know.” PeopleKnowsWantImportantShowsKidsGuyGirlGrowsRolesGrowing UpInspireModelsClubsRole ModelsMiceSpotlightMickeyGood Role Models Author:Tonya Mitchell
“I think that in the Christian community, we're lacking a lot of things, and I don't know that it's just children's role models.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenChristianCommunityRolesModelsRole ModelsLackingChristian Community Author:Willie Aames
“Poor Hollywood! These things happen all over the world but what a great backdrop to have Hollywood in our movie. No, but I know people who divorce a lot....and have really nice houses. But I didn't model the character on anyone in particular. And if I did, I would never tell the name.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldCharacterHappensHouseNamesPoorNiceParticularModelsHollywoodDivorceThings HappenReally NiceBackdropNice House Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones
“I talked with people starting up in the middle of the recession and employees, and supplies and office space were cheap. As far as companies that are already in existence, many became more creative with how they spent their money. A lot of them stopped wasting money that they didn't know they were wasting after they looked hard at their businesses. Some had to change business models because of the economy. Their market didn't exist or wasn't as big anymore.” PeopleKnowsHardBigsSpaceExistenceCompanyEconomyCreativeMiddleOfficeModelsStartingEmployeeSuppliesRecessionsBusiness ModelsStarting UpOffice SpaceWasting Money Author:JJ Ramberg
“In programming when you're making a change you have to know all the affected places, and you have to be able to model in your head what the performance impact will be.” KnowsAbleModelsPerformancesImpactProgrammingAffectedMaking Changes Author:Bill Gates
“We think Android is very, very fragmented, and becoming more fragmented by the day. And as you know, Apple strives for the integrated model so that the user isn't forced to be the systems integrator.” ThinkingKnowsBecomingModelsStriveApplesUsersStrifeIntegratedBecoming MoreFragmentedAndroids Author:Steve Jobs
“Chinese no longer crave so much for food and accommodation, but they do crave democracy. I stand by that. I don't know which model China will follow.” KnowsDemocracyModelsChinaChineseCraveAccommodations Author:Zhang Xin
“I don't know if there is an existing model that anyone can hold on to right now. Every [piece of] advice about how to go about in the record business you would get 5 years ago is no longer valid. Everything is changing very rapidly and there is an increased sense of anger and despair among artists that are not major-selling megastars.” IfsKnowsYearsArtistRecordsPiecesAdviceRight NowDespairMajorsModelsYears AgoSelling Author:Olof Arnalds
“I believe that one of the most damning things about our culture is the adage to never talk religion and politics. Because we don't model this discourse at the dinner table and at Thanksgiving, we don't know how to do it well and we're not teaching our children about the world and about how to discuss it.” KnowsWorldBelieveWellsChildrenCultureI BelieveKnow HowTeachingModelsOur ChildrenTablesDinnerDiscourseAdagesDinner TableReligion And Politics Author:Julianna Baggott
“My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don't know whether I'd ever have become a model if he hadn't let me do that.” IfsKnowsJusticeModelsLet MeCriminalsDepartmentPermissionDeanCriminal JusticeSemester Author:Beverly Johnson
“Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At a certain point, a piece becomes idiosyncratic and you start to understand it on its own terms.” KnowsFirstsCertainTermPiecesListeningModelsFirst Time Author:Paul Lansky
“I don't really look at celebrities as role models - I just don't see them like that. I guess it's because I'm in that world so I know that no one is perfect.” KnowsWorldLooksPerfectRolesModelsRole Models Author:Mark Indelicato
“I want to be the best role model I can be for my family. I want my husband and I to be the ones our kids look to for guidance, to be the great role models that I had with my parents growing up, so for as hard as we work, I want our kids to see us having fun. I want our kids to know that we have to feel our bodies. And nutrition is a huge part of that.” KnowsWantFeelsLooksI CanHardBodyKidsFunParentRolesGrowing UpGrowingHugeHusbandModelsMy FamilyHaving FunGuidanceBeing The BestMy HusbandRole ModelsNutritionGreat Role Models Author:Kerri Walsh
“I take my role as an ambassador for the sport, and as a role model for boys, girls, mommies, daddies - whoever it is - very, very seriously. I know the impact my role models have had in my life, and I'm in a really beautiful position to be able to be that for others.” KnowsAbleBeautifulGirlSportsBoysRolesPositionModelsImpactRole ModelsDaddyAmbassadorsReally BeautifulBoy Girl Author:Kerri Walsh
“I read every single letter. Some just break my heart. I've cried over letters that have come in, from young women and older women alike, saying to me, "You know, you made me want to stop crash dieting and just be healthy. You are my role model. I want to be like you."” KnowsWantHeartMadeYoungRolesBreakLike YouMy HeartHealthyModelsLettersRole ModelsCriedCrashYoung WomenDietingBreaking My HeartOlder Women Author:Evangeline Lilly
“Today, most models don't know the first thing about makeup. My mom taught me that makeup is supposed to enhance my natural beauty, not create a mask.” KnowsFirstsTodayNaturalTaughtMomModelsMy MomMaskMakeup Author:Christina Zilber
“I can't tell you how many reshoots I've done from, you know, famous photographers who really love just to shoot models and failed at shooting a Patti Labelle or someone like that because Patti Labelle didn't turn them on, so you have to shoot what you care about.” KnowsI CanDoneCareTurnsModelsPhotographerShooting Author:Carol Friedman
“I know that people look at my life and ask, "How can I achieve some of those things?" So, I suppose in that sense, yes, I'm a role model. But I try to think of myself more as a mentor, as somebody who I hope young people feel comfortable approaching or writing to.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingTryingLooksYoungAsksRolesAchieveComfortableModelsRole ModelsMentor Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I know the American Library Association has models for working with the poor. They do have that, and I think that we really need to put our efforts - if we want to think long-range and invest in the community so that we don't have to, you know, invest in prisons - into making a change, because I know that the library can make a change in a life, because it made a change in mine.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsLongMadeCommunityPoorEffortMinesModelsPrisonLibraryRangeAssociationMaking Changes Author:Sandra Cisneros