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I had a nice, pert nose but a plain round face and a mop of curly brown hair. That was not the photograph of a successful model.

- Eileen Ford

Nose, Brown, Had, Curly

I got everything I wanted from my parents: Brooks Brothers sweaters and Spalding saddle shoes.

- Eileen Ford

Brothers, Got, Sweaters, Saddle

I interview about three thousand models yearly, and I must see almost 20 tons of excess avoirdupois annually.

- Eileen Ford

About, Models, Almost, Interview

Jerry didn't know he wanted to get married until he was married.

- Eileen Ford

Know, Get, Wanted, Get Married

Most of our models have just walked in off the streets, although I also find them on countless trips to Europe - particularly Scandinavia. I operate by instinct. It's a process I cannot explain, but the prettiest girl on the block is not always the best model.

- Eileen Ford

Instinct, Streets, Explain, Trips

I feel that my ideas of beauty have been given very strong backing by Botticelli and a few others: Slender hands, long neck, long limbs - look at Nefertiti. She was very teensy-weensy with a long neck and wide-spaced eyes.

- Eileen Ford

Strong, Been, Very, Backing

I live in a wonderful world of make-believe. A world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. A world of Winnie the Pooh and Edward Bear. Things like that. Wonderful things. Funny things.

- Eileen Ford

Like, Make-Believe, Ginger

None of the people I grew up with had identity problems. We all had perfectly marvelous lives.

- Eileen Ford

Identity, Perfectly, Lives, Marvelous

American women mean a great deal to me. They're such lost souls, particularly the women of my generation. And women need so much help. They never have anyone to turn to. I help them understand how they can look better, how to do this, do that, get a job. And they're very trusting. Like little lost kids.

- Eileen Ford

American, Deal, Very, Great Deal

I never worry about fat people worrying about thin people, because slender people bury the dead.

- Eileen Ford

Worry, Never, Bury, Thin

My family believed I could do no wrong. That's probably why I have utter confidence in myself even when I shouldn't have.

- Eileen Ford

Confidence, Could, Utter, Believed

Models are a business, and they have to treat themselves as a business, which means they have to take care of themselves and give up all the young joys.

- Eileen Ford

Which, Models, Means, Joys

I can't add above 10, I can't draw a stick figure, and I'm tone deaf. So I had to be able to do something. I found that something was picking successful models.

- Eileen Ford

Add, Models, Figure, Picking

I don't think of people as black or white. It's a question of are they photogenic or not? I don't think anyone says, 'Let's book her. She's black.' I think they say, 'Let's book her. She's good.' We've come that far.

- Eileen Ford

Think, Question, I Think, They Say

Most models are emotionally abandoned. They need me. I'm their mother.

- Eileen Ford

Mother, Most, Models, Emotionally

Grace Kelly was a very commercial model; she had no interest in being a fashion model. None at all.

- Eileen Ford

Commercial, Very, Had, Grace

I suppose you could say that I majored in men and minored in psychology.

- Eileen Ford

Men, Psychology, Could, Suppose

We couldn't afford to move, so we decided to start up a model agency.

- Eileen Ford

Afford, Move, Decided, Agency

I really prefer light-eyed models, They photograph more easily. Of course, I come from a light-eyed background, so maybe that influenced my taste.

- Eileen Ford

Maybe, Models, Prefer, Photograph

You never know when or where you will find the next new model, but you can bet someone from Ford Models will be looking.

- Eileen Ford

New, Next, Models, Bet

I see girls that I know - I absolutely know - will be star models within just a matter of weeks, and they always are.

- Eileen Ford

Always, Models, Weeks, Absolutely

The horrible thing about being me is that I have a very good eye about what people look like. Even me.

- Eileen Ford

Like, Very, About, Horrible

I create a look, and I create a style.

- Eileen Ford

Look, Create, Style

I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.

- Eileen Ford

Destiny, My Own, Like, Charge

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