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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.

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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
Actor
Film Actor
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Recording Artist
Singer
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I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I'm not like a normal woman, that's for sure.
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I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It's just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn't forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.
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When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character.
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