Christie Brinkley quotes

Christie Brinkley is an American model, actress, and entrepreneur, widely recognized for her work with Sports Illustrated and major beauty brands. Her timeless beauty and vibrant personality have made her a pop culture icon for decades. She continues to influence the worlds of fashion, wellness, and philanthropy. Here are 22 of her quotes:

Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people.

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Nutrition has always played a huge role in my life. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and then got my entire family to become vegetarians. And I have always been active my whole life. I genuinely enjoy sports and I spend time on my total gym.

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I think many people can relate to that excruciating pain of love gone wrong. I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

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My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian. ... I was actually inspired by a book she was reading that I picked up off the nightstand when I was about 13. It was a Norman Mailer book [Miami and the Siege of Chicago] and it had a very graphic scene of the slaughterhouses in Chicago. So I read that and I said, "I love animals. I don't want to be a part of that system."

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Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

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Life is too short to not have oysters and champagne sometimes.

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I think variety is the spice of sticking with an exercise routine, whether it's getting a dance tape one day, or getting a tape with those stretchy things to work with resistance on a different day.

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Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.

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Life is short. Ricky and I realize how lucky we were. We want to be together all the time.

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I don't count that relationship with Ricky. It's just like a blip at this point. I had to fall in love with the devil himself to get this sweet angel, Jack.

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I have this helicopter crash, and I fall in love with this man who was in the crash with me. I must have been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

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My biggest deterrent to getting the workout I need is just that my days are so full and so busy.

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A smile is like an instant facelift and an instant mood lift.

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At Thanksgiving, I always start at the top of my list and say I'm grateful for friends, family, and good health. Then I get more superficial... like being thankful for my Louboutins.

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The more you give, the more you get - it's a cliche, but it's really true.

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Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.

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I must've got whacked on the head. He presented a totally false person for me to fall in love with.

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I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought.

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Four months is a lot of living with that little life in you-thinking about it, eating right for it, nurturing it and all of a sudden, it dies.

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