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“Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.”
“When you feel good, you look good. And vice versa: When you look good, you feel good.”
“Modelling was never in my plan. Never.”
“In private, I may wear a bikini, but at the public beach with my kids, I would change bathing suits because they do not want to be hanging out with some old broad in a bikini.”
“When doing sports... on the water, it's crucial to stop aging by protecting your skin.”
“People say, 'You look so great for your age,' and I say, 'OK, you can leave off the 'for your age' part. Can we all stop qualifying it?'”
“I crank up the music, and I dance around the house.”
“A smile is like an instant facelift and an instant mood lift.”
“I really have a deep sense of caring about the air that we breathe and the water that we drink. I want to be able to say that I was trying to protect that. And I also care deeply about children. My children, all children. And I care deeply about giving back.”
“My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian.”
“My biggest deterrent to getting the workout I need is just that my days are so full and so busy.”
“We're the generation that says 60 is the new 30. We don't let the numbers shape us; we're reshaping the numbers.”
“I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.”
“Life is short. Ricky and I realize how lucky we were. We want to be together all the time.”
“I would be remiss when talking about beauty secrets to not say that one of the best is to care about the world around you. That's what really matters.”
“I liberally apply sunscreen and wear hats.”
“I think many people can relate to that excruciating pain of love gone wrong. I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.”
“When I started modeling, I was told to tan, but I always protected my face.”
“I really believe that the more informed you are about the benefits of a healthy bite versus the chain reaction that you're going to put into effect in your body when you take that bite - you just suddenly don't want to make that choice for yourself anymore. It's beyond willpower at that point; it's become a desire to do something good for yourself.”
“Life is too short to not have oysters and champagne sometimes.”