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Our business was built on trust.

I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.

From Eileen Ford

I really prefer light-eyed models, They photograph more easily. Of course, I come from a light-eyed background, so maybe that influenced my taste.

From Eileen Ford

American women mean a great deal to me. They're such lost souls, particularly the women of my generation. And women need so much help. They never have anyone to turn to. I help them understand how they can look better, how to do this, do that, get a job. And they're very trusting. Like little lost kids.

From Eileen Ford

Most of our models have just walked in off the streets, although I also find them on countless trips to Europe - particularly Scandinavia. I operate by instinct. It's a process I cannot explain, but the prettiest girl on the block is not always the best model.

From Eileen Ford

I had a nice, pert nose but a plain round face and a mop of curly brown hair. That was not the photograph of a successful model.

From Eileen Ford

I got everything I wanted from my parents: Brooks Brothers sweaters and Spalding saddle shoes.

From Eileen Ford

None of the people I grew up with had identity problems. We all had perfectly marvelous lives.

From Eileen Ford

I feel that my ideas of beauty have been given very strong backing by Botticelli and a few others: Slender hands, long neck, long limbs - look at Nefertiti. She was very teensy-weensy with a long neck and wide-spaced eyes.

From Eileen Ford

I live in a wonderful world of make-believe. A world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. A world of Winnie the Pooh and Edward Bear. Things like that. Wonderful things. Funny things.

From Eileen Ford

Eileen Ford

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