86 quotes by somali authors for you to enjoy

It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled. Iman

Good You Will Guess Fooled Idea Forecast Always Double Really Fates Good Idea

That is something that my mother instilled in me at a very young age - to know my self-worth. And I have had times again and again in the fashion industry where all of that was tested and I rose to the occasion because I was told that I am worthy and I should be able to walk away from something that is not worthy of me. Iman

Fashion Me Age Mother Walk Young Rose Worthy Able Something Had Instilled Know Occasion Industry Because Am Tested Self-Worth Very Times Young Age Where Again Should Fashion Industry Away

My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles. Iman

Wrinkles Changed Laugh Looks Lines

I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do. Iman

Way Involved Rock Rock Star Get Did Want Sane Star Thing

I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way. Iman

Own Way My Own New October Arrive York New York

Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field. Iman

When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth. Iman

Worth Black Pay Down Those Jobs Tried Knew Because Caucasian Than Modeling Models Turned Paid Less Started

I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good. Iman

Good You Young All Night Stay Eat Drink Look Until Exercising Still End Up Modeling Want Start Career Night

My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again. Iman

Me Cooking Recipe Find Ritual Look Read Again Naturally Therapeutic

As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie. Iman

Love Fall David David Bowie Fell Bowie Said Always Did

People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears. Iman

Me People Black Somebody Country Else Ears Nobody Foreign Model

On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession. Iman

Birthday Thought Meal Fabulous Something Mail Had Put Putting Like Felt Concession Came Decadent Wallet Just Trash Card

I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress. Iman

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. Iman

People Nothing Think Birth Definitely Miracle About Adoption Talk Conception Got Began Did Happened Pregnant Then

I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim. Iman

Myself Consider Muslim Never Practicing

After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people. Iman

Beautiful You Respect People Big Accident Think Other Back Eye Eyebrow Kinder Mended More Never Smaller Know Became Deal Big Deal Left Than Grew After Gained Aware Right Bones

Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English. Iman

Speak Better Language First Foreign Foreign Language Italian Than English

I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before? Iman

You Hate Before Verb Does Discover Exist Beg Mean Use

We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture. Iman

Culture Own Our Never Had Because Wore

I was under 18, and to leave Kenya to come to the United States, to get a passport, you had to be 18. So I lied and said I was 19 to get the passport, because otherwise, I had to have permission from my parents, and my parents would never have let me come. Iman

Me You Parents Otherwise States Would Lied Never Had Come Because Said Permission Leave Passport Get United United States Kenya

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