#del

I use Facebook quite a lot to keep up with my friends, although I had to delete 'Words With Friends' from my phone because it was wasting too much of my time. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#because #delete #facebook #friends #had

How did your mother die?” asked Delk. “Car accident,” Katie replied, gazing out over the water. “She’d been to mass. A tire blew on the way home, and she was gone. I was nineteen, Pather’s age, when it happened. My brother was only eleven.” She paused. “I do know what you’re going through.” Katie looked at her. “Pather told you?” Katie nodded. Delk was glad Pather had told his sister; she was relieved not to have to tell the story again. “Does it ever . . . you know . . . get any better?” Katie shrugged her narrow shoulders and smiled. “In some ways it does, but it’s a bit like running a long race with a rock in your shoe. You get used to it, but it always hurts a little. ↗

— Suzanne Supplee

#delk #family #katie #mother #when-irish-guys-are-smiling

A smart model is a good model. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#model #smart

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. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#careers #chances #diversify #doing #household

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

— Tyra Banks

#diversify #important #life #model #rest

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#i #modeling #seen #stepping #stepping stone

People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#always #ask #because #career #come

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#i #leave #life #model #moment

Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together. It did them no harm. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#north-and-south #infidelity

I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#being #famous #got #heavier #i