131 Isolated Quotes By - Christy Turlington | Status Free Download
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When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out.
— Christy Turlington
Lipstick is the easiest way to dress up without doing a lot, but it's hard to maintain, so I always opt for nudes if I'm going out for a long time.
— Christy Turlington
Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.
— Christy Turlington
Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.
— Christy Turlington
Not every model wants to be an actress.
— Christy Turlington
Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.
— Christy Turlington
Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. We inform, engage, and mobilize audiences to take action and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world.
— Christy Turlington
In the world of maternal health, cell phone technology is being used to provide prenatal care, linking pregnant women to health care providers when they can't otherwise reach healthcare facilities.
— Christy Turlington
Oh, I'm hardly stylish! I'm such a mess. I don't even think about what I'm going to wear; it's the last thing I think about.
— Christy Turlington
Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself.
— Christy Turlington
We're living in miraculous times where connections are made at the blink of an eye, the tap of a thumb, and the click of a mouse. We can never replace human interaction, but these simple actions can be powerful and meaningful to those we connect with.
— Christy Turlington
On average, African-American women are 4 times as likely to die from pregnancy related complications. Latina women are at 2 times greater risk.
— Christy Turlington
You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've put on weight.
— Christy Turlington
I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people, especially young people.
— Christy Turlington
I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted.
— Christy Turlington
I started practicing Yoga at about 18. I had a friend who was doing it and was incredibly disciplined and meditated all the time.
— Christy Turlington
I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking.
— Christy Turlington
It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is.
— Christy Turlington
What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did.
— Christy Turlington
Yoga is not a religion to me.
— Christy Turlington
My day-to-day life changes; I don't have any standard day.
— Christy Turlington
Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.
— Christy Turlington
I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within.
— Christy Turlington
Those of us focused on issues related to social justice and equality are grateful for the significant steps President Obama has made to advance women's equality and status all over the world.
— Christy Turlington
Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements.
— Christy Turlington
Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.
— Christy Turlington
I usually run in the morning and like to have something substantial but light to eat before and after. My go-to choices are either a banana with almond butter or a smoothie.
— Christy Turlington
As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice.
— Christy Turlington
The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.
— Christy Turlington
As a Global Maternal Health Advocate, I get to travel the world quite a bit, meeting individuals and visiting programs with tremendous potential and incredible vision to improve the quality of life for countless others.
— Christy Turlington
I have a son and a daughter; I try to teach them equally about balance, gender, and gender equity.
— Christy Turlington
So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.
— Christy Turlington
The word 'yoga' means union. It's like everything in yoga yokes or unites you to something higher, the highest part of yourself.
— Christy Turlington
A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion.
— Christy Turlington
I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji, I'd like to do.
— Christy Turlington
I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.
— Christy Turlington
It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.
— Christy Turlington
Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks.
— Christy Turlington
Nicotine is both a stimulant and a depressant, so that can make one feel quite imbalanced.
— Christy Turlington
I grew up Catholic. My mother is from El Salvador, so my family on her side is Roman Catholic. My father is Protestant, and while he was spiritual, he wasn't much of a churchgoing person. I think it's fairly common for families to be brought up in the mother's religion.
— Christy Turlington
My weight fluctuates, and I haven't always been skinny. I became curvier in my twenties, but I never felt self-conscious about it; going through different periods is all part of being a woman.
— Christy Turlington
I'd rather go naked than wear fur.
— Christy Turlington
People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards.
— Christy Turlington
If Mom is healthy, then her child is more likely to thrive, more likely to have a better quality of life and, ultimately, better able to provide for his or herself.
— Christy Turlington
I enjoy the celebration of my birthday as much as anyone else does, but I always remember to start my day thanking my mom because she did most of the work the day I came into the world, not to mention all she has done throughout my life that has contributed so much to the woman I am today.
— Christy Turlington
I've always eaten well and have a balanced diet.
— Christy Turlington
In my teen years, I was hanging out with adults - Steven Meisel, Francois Nars, Oribe, Paul Cavaco. We had so much fun! We'd go out in New York.
— Christy Turlington
Everybody is so anti-aging, but I don't want to look younger than I am. Our face is a map of our life; the more that's there, the better.
— Christy Turlington
I have a beer belly.
— Christy Turlington
Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga.
— Christy Turlington
I like the big questions.
— Christy Turlington
I really wanted to share with people the day-to-day joys that yoga can bring into one's life-not just the physical aspects.
— Christy Turlington
I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort.
— Christy Turlington
It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death.
— Christy Turlington
Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives.
— Christy Turlington
Parents should be the most important examples for their children.
— Christy Turlington
Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs.
— Christy Turlington
I'm not an everyday fragrance person usually. I wouldn't put fragrance on before dropping off my kids or going to the gym.
— Christy Turlington
Every actor is a model to a certain extent, since they have to do so much press.
— Christy Turlington
Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist sense of the word.
— Christy Turlington
I associate wisdom and grace with age.
— Christy Turlington
Imagine a world where mothers take as good care of themselves as they do their children and a world where mothers are so supported they're able to do that. That's the world we all need to create because our children, families, and communities are depending on us.
— Christy Turlington
In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.
— Christy Turlington
Access to maternal healthcare is a human right.
— Christy Turlington
I always recognized that modeling would allow me to see and do a lot, so I looked for opportunities to learn and grow.
— Christy Turlington
I have a very heavy-footed walk; I always have.
— Christy Turlington
When I was seven months pregnant with my son, my mother and I took a trip to El Salvador, where she's from. Frequent visits with her to see my extended family have taught me how different life can be if you are born into poverty.
— Christy Turlington
I have good skin, but it's dry - drier than you would think, considering I have Latin skin. It's fairly transparent, too, so I'm constantly trying to give it nourishment and moisture, but nothing really holds.
— Christy Turlington
When I was 18, and my looks were what I was - and all that I was - it did feel very limiting.
— Christy Turlington
Fashion is all about references. All these names being thrown around.
— Christy Turlington
It's very human to want to make an impact, to contribute to the world. But it's hard to know the how and why. Like, 'Will my small thing make a difference?'
— Christy Turlington
Yoga has been the best tool for managing stress and life's challenges. Everything from my studies to my father's death was eased by my practice of it.
— Christy Turlington
I was really gangly and uncoordinated as a kid. I couldn't even do a cartwheel.
— Christy Turlington
America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.
— Christy Turlington
May is the month when people focus on mothers more than any other time of year.
— Christy Turlington
In parts of the world where basic infrastructures like paved roads and transportation systems are underdeveloped, people walk for days to reach a health care provider.
— Christy Turlington
A lot has changed since the 1980s, when the United States was a country with one of the greatest numbers of people infected with HIV.
— Christy Turlington
It turns out that cholera is new to Haiti. It was inadvertently introduced by a group of U.N. peacekeepers stationed in central Haiti who had come from South Asia where it is endemic.
— Christy Turlington
I run year-round and then ramp up my training for a race a few months before.
— Christy Turlington
I've always loved those portraits that Alfred Stieglitz did of Georgia O'Keeffe over several years, which really convey the idea that there's not one image that can capture a woman, because we're changing all the time.
— Christy Turlington
The way I try to live is 'Be here now.' Be your best self now.
— Christy Turlington
I do everything in moderation.
— Christy Turlington
Giving birth was probably the most empowering thing I've ever done physically. I was like, 'Now I can do anything. I can run a marathon... I can run three marathons!'
— Christy Turlington
I never looked at magazines before I started modeling. I was 13 or 14, and none of my friends were into magazines. We were into the fashion of the day, though.
— Christy Turlington
I never thought I would model for more than a few years.
— Christy Turlington
I'm not a morning person.
— Christy Turlington
Mothers need mothers. Let's be there for one another.
— Christy Turlington
You know, all these sentiments about beauty coming from within, they've always resonated when I've read them, but it takes a bit of living to truly appreciate them. To realise we are so much more than our experiences, that we are who we are because of the lessons we've learnt, now that's what true 'beauty' is for me.
— Christy Turlington
I remember doing a shoot for Herb Ritts, hanging off the Eiffel Tower - that wasn't your usual day at the office. It was terrifying, and in the end, you couldn't really tell how high I was because the photographer was scared of heights, so he was quite far away from me.
— Christy Turlington
I was a regular kid with a normal family life.
— Christy Turlington
Yoga has helped me to see death as more of a gift than a loss, and that has been my experience so far.
— Christy Turlington
I haven't left modeling completely; I just took a step out, and I now have the rare luxury of picking and choosing how to spend my days.
— Christy Turlington
Walking strengthens my legs, and I swing my arms to tone my upper body.
— Christy Turlington
When 1970s feminism hit the United States, women demanded the right to natural childbirth and to have their husband or another support person in the delivery room. My mother gave birth to me during this time.
— Christy Turlington
One thing that has become abundantly clear to me as I have advocated for the health and well-being of girls and women over the years is the innate power we each have within us to establish deep connection with one another and heal ourselves simply by sharing our stories.
— Christy Turlington
My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are, and it's a job I take quite seriously.
— Christy Turlington
Cholera is even more severe among populations who are immunologically naive.
— Christy Turlington
As a global community, we have to start thinking more seriously about whether there are limits to what our earth can bear and if we're willing to cope with the struggle for limited resources, which only seem to increase as our population does.
— Christy Turlington
On the days I don't run, I do yoga and cross-training.
— Christy Turlington
If we can't support a woman while she is giving life, then we don't support women.
— Christy Turlington
As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!
— Christy Turlington
There has been a lot of media attention around the dangers of drugs used to treat mental illness on the fetus.
— Christy Turlington
Like so many new moms, I felt anxiety over the impending birth of my daughter. However, most of the anxiety I felt was around the idea of raising a child. I wasn't focused on potential risks to my health or hers that could occur during the actual birth.
— Christy Turlington
There are disparities in accessing quality maternity health care in most every country, and most all health systems could and must be improved upon if we want to create healthy families who will thrive.
— Christy Turlington
There have been so many photographers and editors who mentored me over the years. At the very beginning, the person who taught me the most was Arthur Elgort. I always loved working with him. We traveled a lot together.
— Christy Turlington
I feel like being a good model for my children is something that I do take seriously.
— Christy Turlington
In many countries, women aren't jubilant when they learn they are pregnant. Quite the opposite - they're terrified.
— Christy Turlington
With every passing year, I feel more fulfilled.
— Christy Turlington
I almost had to exhaust myself at modeling before I could say, 'O.K., I'm ready for school.'
— Christy Turlington
I think each woman has her own relationship to beauty.
— Christy Turlington
More than half of pregnant women in the U.S. are obese, which leads to complications like hypertension, gestational diabetes and high blood pressure.
— Christy Turlington
Imagine the possibilities if humanity banded together before disaster struck to relieve everyday suffering worldwide.
— Christy Turlington
Even though Haitian women are considered the 'poto mitan' - the 'central pillars' of the family and their communities - they are often the most underserved members of already poor communities.
— Christy Turlington
I have healed myself through sharing my birth story as well as others' stories in my film 'No Woman, No Cry,' and in various writings and talks about maternal health.
— Christy Turlington
Every year, more than 1 million children are left motherless and vulnerable because of maternal deaths, and children who have lost their mothers are up to 10 times more likely to die prematurely than those who have not.
— Christy Turlington
After delivering my daughter in 2003, I endured and survived a hemorrhage, the leading childbirth-related complication that takes the lives of thousands of other mothers all over the world.
— Christy Turlington
If we truly value humanity, life, and all that it represents in its highest form, then we need to do all that we can to promote quality of life over the quantity of life.
— Christy Turlington
I didn't know anything about running gear when I started out, but after trying a few shoe brands, I've discovered that Brooks are my preferred shoes.
— Christy Turlington
Style is something you either have or don't have.
— Christy Turlington
I have my family, which is my main thing; the organization; a modeling career. All these things are important, but family definitely comes first.
— Christy Turlington
I want my daughter to see that I am a professional and have commitments, but that I'm there when the family needs me, and so is their father. In some cases, more so.
— Christy Turlington
I just love being outside.
— Christy Turlington
Health is your greatest wealth, so experiencing a marathon and seeing what you're capable of is really special.
— Christy Turlington
Many models I knew had come from broken families. That makes a significant difference in the way you handle yourself and the choices you make.
— Christy Turlington
Women are more likely to have a ruptured uterus if they've had multiple C-sections because there's more scar tissue.
— Christy Turlington
Yoga puts me in a place that is a little bit less about doing and more about being, which enables me, in fact, to do more.
— Christy Turlington
I always run without music. Being disconnected is what I'm addicted to more than anything. There aren't many places where you can be without your phone and computer. I've started to crave and enjoy that time alone.
— Christy Turlington
If you do one thing a day, make it a headstand. It's the king of all postures and has so many benefits. It helps me sleep better and focus.
— Christy Turlington
As a child, the conversations that I liked to have with my friends - or with anyone, for that matter - were always about religion.
— Christy Turlington
I think mothers are so important. I mean, it seems like such an obvious thing to say, but I think we don't really express that enough, apart from one day a year. So I think we need to come together and celebrate us every day.
— Christy Turlington
I think there are so many extra benefits to running besides the health ones that come from getting your heart rate up, sweating, and all that other good stuff.
— Christy Turlington
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