Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.

Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.

I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment - sore throats, earaches, flus - warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.

Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.

I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight.

My own path towards wellness has been a long and dynamic one. It's taught me that healing from the inside out takes time and there can be great value in various sources of guidance.

My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.

Many women who have anorexia put their hearts in a compromised situation.

My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!

So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.

... Paris was a city of love for unimaginative folks.

Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.

Mitt Romney, two-time Republican presidential candidate, is going to fight Evander Holyfield for charity. I hope they save some of that money for funeral expenses.

Unsolvable problems do not exist. Any crisis is a combination of specific tasks to be worked on. The government has the experience and reserves to overcome the economic downturn

I had to learn to value myself before I could expect to be valued by others

Love surrounds me and protects me.

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.

To keep a faith pure, man had better retire to a monastery.