When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
GRACE JONES
GRACE JONES
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Grace Jones73 quotes“When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.”
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Grace JonesGrace Jones Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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Grace JonesGrace Jones I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
Grace JonesGrace Jones Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
Grace JonesGrace Jones Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
Grace JonesGrace Jones I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
Grace JonesGrace Jones I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
Grace JonesGrace Jones My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
Grace JonesGrace Jones I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
Grace JonesGrace Jones Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
Grace JonesGrace Jones If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.
Grace JonesGrace Jones I like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.
Grace JonesGrace Jones My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
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Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I’m not each day.
Bar RefaeliBar Refaeli Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
Grace JonesGrace Jones When I started modelling, I’d raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don’t have to do much to have muscles. It’s just genetic.
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Grace JonesGrace Jones People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
Oliver GoldsmithOliver Goldsmith Not just in modeling, but in society, there’s so much pressure about what a woman should be, and, of course, it’s just so unobtainable.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I’d go into a shoot, there’d be all these dresses, and I’d say to myself, ‘Okay, this isn’t me. It’s somebody else. So, who is this person?’ Acting is the next level of that.
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