I don't want to be known as the black model. I want to be recognized as Chanel Iman, a personality.

A good night's sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work.

Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.

You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can't sweat the small stuff.

Accept yourself, love yourself.

I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am.

I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab my chair, close my eyes, count to 30, breathe, and pray.

Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion!

My taste in music originates from my culture and heritage, and from traveling the world and listening to all kinds of fun sounds and bits.

It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight.

In a couple of years, I'll be the most glamorous woman, hopefully.

A man can't be always defending the truth; there must be a time to feed on it.

The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses.

You have only three real friends: Jesus Christ, Sears Roebuck, and Gene Talmadge.

The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.

We're working with our friends in the Middle East, many of which, as you know, are Muslim majority nations.

Games sometimes can reveal things. To watch someone in movement, unconscious movement, can be very stimulating and revealing, whether they win or not

My name is Schwitters, Kurt Schwitters... I'm a painter and I nail my pictures... I'd like to be accepted into the Dada Club

No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.

President Obama's health care law raided Medicare in the tune of five hundred million dollars to create a new program.

My experience in Gujarat shows that howsoever big a problem might be, it is not insurmountable if we have the will to act.