Top 70 Quotes & Sayings by Amber Valletta
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I eat really clean and really simple: brown rice, a quinoa bowl, grilled fish, veggies, a big salad.
I rented a house in Favignana, off the coast of Sicily, in the mid or late '90s. There was a revolving door of visiting friends and family - we played games, painted our faces, went swimming naked, cooked big meals, rode around on motorini, and had great cappuccinos.
My fear is that we are losing sight of how much we depend on the EPA to protect not just our environment but the people who live in it.
I am a kid. I'll always be a girl at heart.
Some fast fashion companies do amazing environmentally friendly capsule collections, but wouldn't it be great if one of these companies just turned around and said everything they produced was?
There is nothing wrong with fashion - it should be a beautiful expression of who we are.
I don't need a lot to make me happy.
Without the EPA and the national pollution safeguards it enforces, more children would have asthma. Our water would be less safe. More chemicals would poison our bodies. And more people would die prematurely from respiratory diseases and heart attacks.
My son doesn't really want to model as a career, so I am not worried about him entering into the industry.
Clothing isn't disposable.
What I really want to happen is for all companies to become eco - especially fast fashion companies.
As a native Oklahoman, I'm dismayed by what fossil fuel pollution has done to the Sooner State.
I always feel safe with a woman photographer. I feel that no matter how they interpret something, they understand all sides of it because they are women, and women are complex creatures.
No one wants to wear clothes that were made from someone's blood.
Modeling isn't boring.
Design shouldn't have to take a backseat to sustainability and making things responsibly.
I'm not interested in making clothes that are not accessible.
We are what we see. We are products of our surroundings.
I know that some of the spiritual beliefs that I have are that if I come from a place of love, and I try to get out of my ego and my desire to want more and be selfish in any shape or form, then whatever I'm doing is not good.
If I could give my younger self some advice at that time, I'd tell her to enjoy the ride and don't be afraid to ask questions. I was quite responsible, uptight, and worried - I'd tell myself to chill out.
If a guy ever walks into a restaurant on a date wearing mandals, you need to leave immediately. It's just not necessary.
I do say no to things that I think are completely gratuitous.
It's essential to feel beautiful to oneself. Not in an egotistical way, but in a self-loving way.
At every juncture as Oklahoma's attorney general, Scott Pruitt has consistently chosen to undermine and attack environmental safeguards - not to defend them.
Art is for entertainment purposes, but it's also to reflect our dreams, our hopes, the present, the future the past - whether it's good or bad.
I guess you can be a supermodel today just by building followers. You don't necessarily have to do the work of going to Milan and then to Paris or New York, trying to find the right photographer, artist, or designer to see you.
If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.
Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends.
I don't really want to control anyone, to be honest.
Speaking up for the truth isn't always easy. It takes courage, but it's necessary.
I love modeling, and I missed fashion and my friends and family in fashion and the creativity that I'm able to express through it. I didn't feel I was getting enough of that through my acting.
Today, you can gain a bunch of followers doing a dance in a cute bikini, and suddenly, you're a superstar. Or you could just be a beautiful girl posting pictures of yourself and get discovered that way.
Everybody's constantly growing. In your twenties, you can learn a lot, and you can be very smart and clever and savvy. Especially these kids today. They seem like they have it all together. But let's talk to them again when they're 40 years old and see really who they are. Is it who they thought they were at 25?
It is in the mind and the heart where we meet. It's not the body-the body will change.
I've gotten out of bed a lot of days for a lot less than $10,000.
I feel so much more aware of who I am today as a woman since I turned 40.
Did you notice what happened when digital photography arrived? Suddenly there were four times as many people on set for a shoot! It used to be a photographer, a couple of photo assistants, stylist and a fashion assistant, hair and make-up and that was about it.
Fashion has come a long way to embrace different body shapes, ethnicities, even looks. I find it an exciting time culturally for these reasons. Women are really coming into their own.
With age comes wisdom and a high sex drive. And the wisdom to enjoy it.
I have an incredible sense of direction, but London is confusing. It's a circle, but then it stops being a circle.
I think eyebrows are the symmetry of the face. If they're not balanced and brushed up in the right way, your face looks kind of messy.
I once went to Alba, Italy, during their white truffle festival, and I was like, 'Just leave me here!'
Can't we all just play nicely and leave the playground the way we found it, clean and safe?
I cut my hair short and it basically changed everything overnight. I was about 18 when I cut my hair off - the little pixie haircut. Nobody had short hair at the time. Literally overnight everything changed. I worked with Steven Meisel within a month and a half and I booked every show. Then I got a Vogue cover - my first Vogue - and that came out a few months later.
After the first summer modeling, I came home with almost as much money as my mom made in a year - after being away for about two months. I just decided to give it a shot, and if it didn't work, I was going to go to college.
Doing something new and challenging. It can be anything from starting a business to playing a sport. Seeing a great concert, looking at extraordinary art, or being in nature. More than anything, it's my son's smile and love that makes me light up!
I am running on fumes, so it's time to get centered again. I start with eating healthier and cutting out caffeine - at least cutting back on caffeine. I exercise and get outside to play. I reconnect with my spiritual practice, which is daily meditation and prayer. Most importantly, I reconnect with my family and friends. If all else fails, a few deep breaths.
If I hadn't become a model I thought of doing many things. I wanted to be an archaeologist at one point, but I was a little kid. I wanted to be a social worker.
My agent, Didier Fernandez - who's been my agent since I was 18 - has definitely been a mentor and a protector and a trusted friend.
More than anything, it's my son's smile and love that makes me light up!
I don't even know what would have happened to me had I not become a model. I don't know if I would have gotten out of Oklahoma. I was so young when things started happening for me and I realized I could make a living.
I wish the word supermodel would just fall off the face of the earth. Anyone can be a supermodel now.
It was hard to be taken seriously being model-turned-actress. I needed to work on my acting chops. There are so few parts available that are good for women.
In order for me to parent well I have to empathize and stay open with my son.
I realized that being present for loved ones who are dying or aging is one of the greatest honors and gifts in my life. We are quite small in the big scheme of things.
We are quite small in the big scheme of things.
Women can be strong, be smart, be sexy, be mothers, be wives, and be powerful. We don't need to compromise.
I am super passionate about my new business because it has the potential to disrupt the fashion industry in a positive way. Master & Muse is providing a place to buy better. There are many big issues in producing fashion today, and the consumer doesn't fully understand the problems at hand. That is where we come in. We are providing awareness, information, and great fashion.
I feel like I've gotten whatever was meant to come to me and I feel really blessed.
If all else fails, a few deep breaths.
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