Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

For me, honestly, the term 'role model' means for someone to be imitated, and I don't feel like anyone is to be imitated. ”

A journalist in Toronto named Shannon Boodram saw my Facebook page and told me I was 'strikingly beautiful.' She shot a YouTube video of me, and it made a hit, grabbing thousands of views. She said the camera loved me and that I should be a model. I had never thought about modeling - it just hadn't seemed possible. ”

I didn't have a problem with myself or my skin. I had a problem with the way people treated me because of my skin. They tried to define me. ”

I remember sitting by my window, wishing upon the stars that my skin condition would go away. I wondered, 'Why me?' ”

I don't really talk about 'ANTM,' although I'm very grateful for it, as it was the platform that allowed me to catapult to where I should have been. ”

I always loved the spotlight, just not the negativity. ”

The worst thing I've done while sad is sit in defeat. That's very unhealthy. The best thing to do is dust yourself off and try again. ”

There wasn't anyone who was specifically taking me under their wing. I definitely looked up to people, though, one major person being Naomi Campbell, of course. That's, like, a given. ”

Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to make choices. ”

I grew up really being able to stand up to authority. ”