Carre Otis Quotes
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I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam.
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I feel like it's my responsibility to honestly cover a lot of subjects in part because I have two little girls and I really want them when they grow up to have a voice.
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I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment - sore throats, earaches, flus - warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.
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Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis.
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I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.
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I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two.
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I did some great work with my Calvin Klein ads on the motorcycle. It was really groundbreaking because people hadn't seen a woman actually riding a motorcycle before.
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Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young women's lives for the 2 decades I spent in the modeling industry was downright sobering.
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I've learned to surround myself with women who lift me up and leave me feeling nurtured rather than drained.
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There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.
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My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.
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Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life.
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Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people.
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When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.
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You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.
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Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.
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I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.
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Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.
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But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness.
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I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.
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My own path towards wellness has been a long and dynamic one. It's taught me that healing from the inside out takes time and there can be great value in various sources of guidance.
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My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.
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There is nothing more attractive that a woman who is sure of herself.
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My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!
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I had been on this insane diet for almost 17 years to maintain the weight that was demanded of me when I was modeling. My diet was really starvation. I am not naturally that thin.
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Just because you're a different size doesn't mean you're sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV.
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While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.
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When I consider the deeper meaning of yoga, I realize it's about a lot more than simply performing a variety of postures on a mat.
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My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.
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I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on me - how could I discriminate between a cow and a fish?
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