Reinvention is the key to surviving this fashion industry. Madonna is the perfect example of reinvention. She has taken something that is so little and turned herself into a legend by simply never staying the same.
- Janice Dickinson
Perfect, Madonna, Turned, Perfect Example
Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.
- Janice Dickinson
Mom, Grow, Models, Daughters
My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.
- Janice Dickinson
Minutes, Made, 15 Minutes, Jean
I was the first to sign up for Botox when it first came out.
- Janice Dickinson
Sign, Up, Came, Botox
Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.
- Janice Dickinson
Fly, Dallas, Injections, Collagen
Hey, I fool the camera. I'm a liar, a magician.
- Janice Dickinson
Fool, Liar, Magician, Camera
Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.
- Janice Dickinson
Doing, Back, Editorial, Categories
I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.
- Janice Dickinson
Deal, Turning, Even, Sample
Aside from my modelling, by the early Nineties I was also starting to work as a photographer, which I loved.
- Janice Dickinson
Work, Which, Also, Nineties
I lived the stuff that Jackie Collins writes about.
- Janice Dickinson
Lived, About, Collins, Writes
I hike and make sure everything I eat is organic.
- Janice Dickinson
Everything, Eat, Sure, Hike
I'm the female Simon Cowell. He said I'm the scariest woman he's ever met. I asked him why he never dated me, and he said I was too intimidating.
- Janice Dickinson
Woman, Him, Why, Scariest
I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.
- Janice Dickinson
Wish, I Wish, Younger Age, Sober
I have to make sure I exercise and that the ingredients that go into my body are completely organic.
- Janice Dickinson
Exercise, Go, Sure, Organic
But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.
- Janice Dickinson
Riding, Private, Gilded, Painfully
Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.
- Janice Dickinson
Honey, Like, Ant, Photo Shoots
The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me - and I love to live life at full throttle.
- Janice Dickinson
Love, Past, Here, Live Life
I don't know why in society when a woman demands perfection she is called crazy.
- Janice Dickinson
Woman, Society, She, Perfection
The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.
- Janice Dickinson
Makeup, Modeling, Models, Jessica
I have a very vivid imagination.
- Janice Dickinson
Imagination, Very, Vivid
I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.
- Janice Dickinson
Like, Move, Ever, Camera
I can only speak from my own personal experience, being behind the camera and in front of it, but every magazine cover you see is completely airbrushed.
- Janice Dickinson
Behind, Own, My Own, Camera
I'm probably the biggest reality television star living.
- Janice Dickinson
Living, Star, Biggest, Reality Television
I've sold everything from fashion, make-up, couture magazines, radio, reality television, movies. There isn't a thing I haven't sold, including Tampax. You name it.
- Janice Dickinson
Make-Up, Including, Sold, Reality Television
I have been shaped by my mistakes and disappointments - just as I have been shaped by my successes.
- Janice Dickinson
Been, Shaped, Successes, Disappointments
I'm addicted to cosmetic surgery!
- Janice Dickinson
Surgery, Addicted, Cosmetic
I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.
- Janice Dickinson
White, Become, Oprah, Aiming
In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything.
- Janice Dickinson
Day, Everything, Being, Supermodel
I borrow bits from everyone.
- Janice Dickinson
Everyone, Bits, Borrow
Without gay men, I am nothing.
- Janice Dickinson
I Am, Men, Nothing, Gay
As the saying goes, I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.
- Janice Dickinson
Saying, Want, Goes, Corpse
If you think I'm over-the-top, I am.
- Janice Dickinson
I Am, Think, Am, Over-The-Top
Los Angeles fashion is the Starbucks of the modeling world.
- Janice Dickinson
Starbucks, Los, Angeles, Los Angeles
Everyone steals from something or someone.
- Janice Dickinson
Something, Someone, Everyone, Steals
And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.
- Janice Dickinson
Woman, Will, Shut, Vegetable
What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!
- Janice Dickinson
Money, Motto, Emphasis, My Motto
Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends.
- Janice Dickinson
Business, Follow, Sound, Trends
The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.
- Janice Dickinson
Idea, Disturbing, Makeover, Extreme
I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world.
- Janice Dickinson
World, Been, Cover, Magazine
I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction.
- Janice Dickinson
Myself, Addiction, Horrible, Former
I became a cover girl and an editorial model, and then I became a runway model.
- Janice Dickinson
Cover, Editorial, Became, Runway
I can wrap my legs around my neck.
- Janice Dickinson
Legs, Around, Wrap, Neck
I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled.
- Janice Dickinson
Keeping, Fueled, Wit
I'm not a good person to have as an enemy; say nice things about me.
- Janice Dickinson
Good Person, Person, Things, Nice Things
I relax, meditate and do 80 minutes of yoga every day.
- Janice Dickinson
Relax, Every Day, Minutes, Meditate
Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.
- Janice Dickinson
Celebrity, Make-Up, Hawking, Shifted
Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.
- Janice Dickinson
Beauty, Deserve, Certainly, The Doors
I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.
- Janice Dickinson
Queen, Mistake, Been, Dysfunction
I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way.
- Janice Dickinson
Own, My Own, Like, Polish
I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.
- Janice Dickinson
Studying, Craft, Up, Ballet
I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy.
- Janice Dickinson
Like, Amount, Looked, Daily Basis
People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.
- Janice Dickinson
Ethnic, African American, African
I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and on.
- Janice Dickinson
Muse, Go, Could, Versace
Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.
- Janice Dickinson
Books, Where, Self-Help, Groups
I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.
- Janice Dickinson
Tea, Wake Up, Wake, Slow
I've been fooling the public for years and I'm really good at it.
- Janice Dickinson
Good, Been, Public, Fooling
I was hot and I knew it and it went to my head.
- Janice Dickinson
Head, Knew, Hot
I was shaped by my mistakes.
- Janice Dickinson
Mistakes, Shaped
I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.
- Janice Dickinson
Walking, New York, New, Streets
Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day.
- Janice Dickinson
Money, How, Given, Hormones
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