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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
Grace Jones
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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
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When I started modelling, I'd raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don't have to do much to have muscles. It's just genetic.
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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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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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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.
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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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It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn't be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
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