“My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she co...” — Irina Shayk Quote

“My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she could make sure my sister and I were OK.”

“My personal memories of the brand go way back to the time when I was a teenager. L'Oreal make-up felt like a real luxury for me, and I remember dreaming of purchasing a L'Oreal lipstick.”

“You can see designers and fashion people bringing in older girls to do their shows - I'm not even afraid to say 'older.'”

“I've been writing poems since I was in the Navy - to Rosalynn. I found I could say things in poems that I never could in prose. Deeper, more personal things. I could write a poem about my mother that I could never tell my mother. Or feelings about being on a submarine that I would have been too embarrassed to share with fellow submariners.”

“How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?”

“I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.”