L.A. Banks Quotes

Your problems with me are not my problems, those are your problems.

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.

Modeling chose me, I didn't choose modeling.

[You] have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.

As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep you eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole.

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.

Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.

Most of all, I want you to know without a doubt that I've got your back. And your front. And your sides. I've got all of you and I'm not letting go.

You know, I feel that God isn't going to put something in front of me that I can't deal with.

Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations.

I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient.

Black culture is cool, but black issues sure aren't, huh?

Pledge that you will look in the mirror and find the unique beauty in you.

Love me or hate me I promise that it will never make or break me...<3

I just want you to be yourself. Be a bigger yourself.

Girls of all kinds can be beautiful; from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned

I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.

In high school I definitely had a clique of friends. And what I loved about it was that we were healthy and good girls.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

I don't want to be nice. Nice girls can only get what they're offered.

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.

It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother Earth.

I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.

You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.

Sometimes I feel like I float in and out of different personalities.

I think it is really important to put out what you want so the world knows what to give you.

There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

I think every woman would want to do something about their cellulite!

Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.

The Grammys are supposed to be awards for artistic excellence… Iggy Azalea’s not excellent.

As a model, you're so used to taking your clothes off that you just don't care.

Ketchup I'm hot, dog Frankfurters, you're Nathan But relish hatin'

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment.

If you stay in one place, you can only rap about one thing because that's all you know.

This is one of those big, fat paperbacks, intended to while away a monsoon or two, which, if thrown with a good overarm action, will bring a water buffalo to its knees.

Why does the UN need to raise money for ebola? Can't the gov just print the damn dollars themselves and get this done already.

When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then.

Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us

I don't turn to anyone for advice. I do what I want.

Bad things happen to good people all the time. It sucks. It's not fair but then much of life isn't fair. It's how you live that matters. It's how you deal with the bumps in the road.