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One thing leads to the other. Deforestation leads to climate change, which leads to ecosystem losses, which negatively impacts our livelihoods - it's a vicious cycle.
Gisele Bundchen
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The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.
Gisele Bundchen
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I'm one of these people that likes adrenaline and new things, like extreme sports. It makes me feel alive.
Gisele Bundchen
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I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week. I think a lot of people get pregnant and decide they can turn into garbage disposals. I was mindful about what I ate, and I gained only 30 pounds.
Gisele Bundchen
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My dream was to be either a volleyball player or a veterinarian.
Gisele Bundchen
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I believe in taking chances and living your life. Sometimes doors open and others close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging.
Gisele Bundchen
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If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that.
Gisele Bundchen
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It was my first scene. My first day. We could have started with me drinking a beer, something a little less than having Barbies touching each other. But they started with that.
Gisele Bundchen
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Beauty is something inside of us. If you love yourself and accept yourself, that shows on the outside. Beauty is an act-it's how you carry yourself.
Gisele Bundchen
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I'll never forget the day when a woman came up to me and said, 'No, you could never be on a magazine cover. Your face features don't work; your eyes are small, you have a small face but a big nose.' I was only 14 and I had never noticed any of that stuff, you know?
Gisele Bundchen
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There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.
Gisele Bundchen
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To give life another being, what a gift! When he finally was placed into my arms, I looked into his precious eyes and felt an overwhelming, unconditial love... I never felt so complete and empowered in my life.
Gisele Bundchen
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I'm a very private person. I like staying home and doing my stuff. I hate people invading on my privacy. I hate talking about my private life.
Gisele Bundchen
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When I was a teenager, I had pimples - oh, God, every time someone looked at my face I thought they were looking at my pimples. I put mud on my face to dry them out, and it worked.
Gisele Bundchen
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I don't wear fur and I understand their cause. I am the biggest animal lover in the world. I have four dogs and two horses, and I have rescued animals all my life.
Gisele Bundchen
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My intention in making a comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. It comes from my passion and beliefs about children.
Gisele Bundchen
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I love that feeling of, you know, we are women, we are so different, our imperfections are what make us unique and beautiful.
Gisele Bundchen
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Our health depends on the health of our planet.
Gisele Bundchen
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As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters.
Gisele Bundchen
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I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time.
Gisele Bundchen
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Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.
Gisele Bundchen
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I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!
Gisele Bundchen
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go!
Gisele Bundchen
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This is our world and we need the same things to survive. If I'm making my life better and the circumstances of your life worse, that's terrible because in the end it will affect me, too.
Gisele Bundchen
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My two grandmothers both died of cancer, so I understand how painful and difficult this disease is on the entire family. My first grandmother passed away from bone cancer when I was about 10. It was really horrible. I remember the whole process like it was yesterday.
Gisele Bundchen
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When I came to New York and I opened the window of the thirty-fifth-floor apartment, there's light pollution and fog, and I couldn't see my star. So I drew it on my wrist with a pen, but it kept washing away. Then I went to a tattoo parlor on Second Avenue and had it done.
Gisele Bundchen
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My husband cannot throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times.
Gisele Bundchen
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I have a lot of fruit trees and my own little vegetable garden and chickens. And every time I eat, I bless my food; I say I'm grateful for for it and let it nourish every part of my body.
Gisele Bundchen
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The first is wake up in the morning and be grateful you are here, alive and healthy. And the second is: Give.
Gisele Bundchen
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When you come from a big family, you see that, growing up, you're learning how to share. Your sisters have got your back; you're not alone in this - 'We all support you!' Your family provides that; it gives you a sense of safety, and it's a very grounding feeling.
Gisele Bundchen
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Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It's a time when people are more kind and open-hearted.
Gisele Bundchen
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I am not used to doing naked shoots but when you trust the photographer and the crew, you know it won't be vulgar.
Gisele Bundchen
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Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds.
Gisele Bundchen
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I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can.
Gisele Bundchen
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I'm a very sensitive person, and I feel what makes me vulnerable. But I see that as a good thing. I really enjoy experiencing all the different emotions in life.
Gisele Bundchen
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I want to get a farm where I am going to live for the rest of my life. I like the idea of a secluded place.
Gisele Bundchen
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He’s very close to his family His parents have been married 40 years. He’s got a pure heart. That’s all that matters—he’s got the purest heart. I feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I’m sharing my life with. I have a good man.
Gisele Bundchen
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I feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I'm sharing my life with. I have a good man.
Gisele Bundchen
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No matter how many shows I've done, as soon as they say it's time to start, I get that nervous sensation and feel like I have to pee. So that's where my mind is. That and making it to the end of the runway and back as fast as I can.
Gisele Bundchen
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I was in the fashion shows in Milan; I was seventeen, I was doing like 100 shows. People were asking, 'How does it feel to be the model of the moment?' It was hard for me to answer as myself. I barely spoke English.
Gisele Bundchen
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I'm not an actress, you know. I don't know what's going on. And I'm supposed to be the villain.
Gisele Bundchen
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My son is so fortunate, you know. He's always going to have food. Yes, my children are going to be privileged, but that's why it's so important for them to see different realities and to travel, and they do already.
Gisele Bundchen
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I feel like life is so special and so great, every year I feel like I learn more, and I grow, and I think it's exciting to grow up.
Gisele Bundchen
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Be more loving, compassionate and understanding with ourselves, with others, and with the planet, because we are all connected. We are one.
Gisele Bundchen
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I'm constantly learning and evolving. I'm fascinated with life.
Gisele Bundchen
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There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this.
Gisele Bundchen
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If you're wearing smoky eye makeup, a little beige or gold pencil on the inner eye corners will open up the area, but you only want to do it if the shadow is really dark. Otherwise, light pencil makes your eyes look too far apart, like a fish.
Gisele Bundchen
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I am a huge fan of big cotton underpants; they're comfortable. I wear them every day.
Gisele Bundchen
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I don't think anyone likes to see a picture of themselves in a tabloid, besides a couple people who I'm not going to mention. I'm definitely not one of those people.
Gisele Bundchen
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Sometimes siblings can get in each other's space.
Gisele Bundchen