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I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.

Beauty Fashion Fashion Industry Industry
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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.

Actively Activist Came Father
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I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I'm still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don't know the beauty ideal where I come from - but it's not me.

Beautiful Beauty Come Considered
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It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

Children Dawn Elderly Government
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The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

Assertion Men Created Equally
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I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.
Born Remained Humble Life
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Achieved Enthusiasm Ever Great
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I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me.

Never Understand People Sleep.life
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was.

Nobody Listened Until Know
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I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world of moths. That is what the manic state is like.

Acid Bulb Doctor Felt
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I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.

Drive Rodeo Smart Street
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People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.

Asking Big George Going
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I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

Big Born Celebrity Could
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My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras.

Always Buddy Cameras Career
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I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. It was something I always did.

Always Books Did Falling
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I was the kind of poor where I knew right away I had less than everyone around me. Our environment, our physical space reflected our income.

Around Away Environment Everyone
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I wasn't good at school.

Good School Wasn't
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There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.
Child Get Glad Him
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It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.

Complete Crimes Fortune Gods
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The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.

Shame Divide Celebrate Film
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Nobody has ever said to me that I was pretty, 'til I met Peter Beard.
Beard Ever Me Met
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I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s.

Am Far Grounded I Am
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I have a certain manner of speech that is unique to me. I tried once to have my staff tweet for me, and it was a disaster! People knew right away that it wasn't me.

Away Certain Disaster Knew
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I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.

Clearly Even Old Person
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When I was in high school,we were, like, 4,000 or 5,000 students, and 50 girls - and I didn't have a date for my prom. My father paid my cousin to take me.

Cousin Date Father Girl
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People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle.

About Adoption Began Birth
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I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.

Consider Muslim Myself Never
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Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.

Better English First Foreign
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I looked in the audience. There were no strangers. Everybody was singing and cheering and hugging. That was a beautiful picture to look at.

Audience Beautiful Cheering Everybody
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I knew it was going to be the most extraordinary thing in my life, but how powerful it is, you can never know until you have a baby.

Baby Until Never Know
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

Adamant Father Follow Footsteps
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.

Body Even Girl Had
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I wish there were people when I was young that I had a respect for and looked up to that I could have been guided by. I didn't have that, and I really do wish I did because I think I would've learned a lot more.

Wish People Young Respect
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Having a family just changes your perspective on everything. For me, it was the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.

Having Family Change Perspective
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There's a line I have that our family was designed more for public than for private. But there are definitely some things that are only mine. I am someone who dreams at night, and you don't know what I'm dreaming.

Am Definitely Designed Dreaming
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My father was a joyous, joyous spirit, he really was. He was a hedonist, that was just - he enjoyed life, thrust up to the elbows with it. He was a terrible father. I don't know that he was parented that well.

Elbows Enjoyed Father He
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I found out when I did the Oprah Winfrey show that there was a cookie jar of me. So she gave it to me. I had no idea prior to that that it even existed.

Cookie Did Even Existed
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My parents had this incredibly vital relationship with an audience, like muscle with blood. This was the main competition I had for my parents' attention: an audience.

Attention Audience Blood Competition
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As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.

As Far As Everything Far Goes
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Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

About Always Ancient Capitalist
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My very first magazine cover was the National Enquirer.

Cover First Magazine Magazine Cover
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Coming down was the hardest part of any climbing.

Coming Down Hardest Climbing
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At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months.

Down Few First Gotten
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Owing to the fact he was a mute they were able to give him all the qualities they wanted him to have.

Owing Mute Give Qualities
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Right afterwards there was a whole, whole lot of press to do, so the week after, all day, every day, was press so I didn't really get a chance to celebrate.

After Afterwards All Day Celebrate
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Every artist was first an amateur.

Amateur Artist Every First
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I was like a cat always climbing the wrong tree
Like Cat Climbing Wrong
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I can't believe this is happening to me. The weirdest thing is it was just a dream, and now it's actually real. It's hard to believe sometimes.

Actually Believe Dream Happening
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The only other time I've been away from home was when I went to college. And that was just an hour away, so I could always go home if I needed to.

Always Away Been College
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If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

Brink Could Disappointment Enough
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