Carre Otis quotes

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences. (Carre Otis)
While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all. View quote
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But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current. View quote
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Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us. View quote
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When I consider the deeper meaning of yoga, I realize it's about a lot more than simply performing a variety of postures on a mat. View quote
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Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable. View quote
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I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty. View quote
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Many women who have anorexia put their hearts in a compromised situation. View quote
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I did some great work with my Calvin Klein ads on the motorcycle. It was really groundbreaking because people hadn't seen a woman actually riding a motorcycle before. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam. (Carre Otis)
I am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate. View quote
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I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life. View quote
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Just because you're a different size doesn't mean you're sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV. View quote
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Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis. View quote
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Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender. View quote
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From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn't learning at the same pace as other kids. View quote
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My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there. (Carre Otis)
I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two. View quote
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I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country. View quote
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I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike. View quote
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I feel like it's my responsibility to honestly cover a lot of subjects in part because I have two little girls and I really want them when they grow up to have a voice. View quote
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