Modeling Was Not An Endgame For Me. I Didn't Particularly Enjoy The Act Of It.
I Think My Mom Threatened To Put Me Up For Adoption A Few Times.
I Always Envisioned Myself Having A Traditional And Elegant Wedding.
I Hate Having People Sit In On Meetings.
When You Are In The Public Eye, It Is Really Counterproductive To Think About How You're Viewed In The Eyes Of Others. You Just Have To Be Who You Are.
People Ask Me, Do I Ever Disagree With My Father? It Would Be A Little Strange If I Didn't.
Divorce Is Never A Nice Thing, But It's Very Easy To Take Family For Granted, And When There's A Divorce, You Don't Take Things For Granted So Much.
I'm Not Saying That If You're Working At Home, Raising A Family, That's Not Work. I Want To Disrupt The Narrative Around What It Means To Be A Woman Who Works. The Whole Point Of My Brand Is That Women Should Be Architecting The Lives They Want To Live.
I Don't Have A Sweet Tooth, Normally; I'm A Salty-savory Girl. But When I'm Pregnant, Almost As A Ritual, At 4 O'clock, I'll Have Cookies-and-cream Ice Cream!
I Had Very Busy Parents, But I Really Appreciated Having A Set Of Traditions During My Own Childhood, Like Consistently Celebrating Holidays At The Same Place.
You Really Don't Need To Study How To Change A Diaper. As A New Mom, You Learn Pretty Darn Quickly!
Nobody Says 'A Working Man,' But They Say, 'A Working Woman.' And There Is Still A Strange Connotation To That.
I Used To Love Sitting On The Bathroom Floor In My Pajamas And Watching My Mother Get Ready For An Event. She'd Stand In Front Of Her Vanity And Apply Bright Red And Blue Makeup - It Was The '80s, You Know.
I Don't Do Press For The Sake Of Press. I Tend To Only Be In The Press When I'm Introducing Something Or Collaborating On Something Or Whatever It May Be, As Opposed To Inviting Someone Into My Home To Photograph My Closet For No Particular Reason.
A Timeless Piece Of Jewelry, Like Pearls Or Stud Earrings, Has Lasting Value. I Bought A Vintage Ring For $600 With My First Paycheck; I Plan To Pass It Down To My Daughter.
I Consider Myself Incredibly Fortunate To Be A Woman Working In America. It Looks Very Different To Be A Working Woman In Other Places In The World.
I Am Almost Always, When I'm At Home In The Evening After Work, In A Silk Bathrobe I Got From India. Like, I Never Take Off This Bathrobe. I Have A Series Of Indian Silk Bathrobes That I Love, And That's What I Rock All The Time.
Life Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint. It's About Taking A Bigger-picture Approach.
My Mom Grew Up In The Soviet Bloc, And She Was A Tiger Mom. We Didn't Get Away With Much.
Pessimists Are Toxic. I Love Optimists - And By That, I Don't Mean People Who Are Unable To See Challenges. Optimists Are Solution-oriented.
I Don't Plan To Take A Formal, Cold Approach With My Children, But I Expect A Lot. I Don't Want My Children To View Me As Their Best Friend. I Want To Be Their Mom.
I Typically Wake Up At 5:30, And That's My Time. I Read Newspapers, Have Coffee.
I'm A Big Believer In Creating Family Traditions. Every Tuesday Morning, I Make A Proper Eggs Breakfast, And We All Sit Down And Eat.
My Father Is Definitely Not The Kind Of Guy Who'd Place His Children In Key Roles Within His Organization If He Didn't Think We Could Surpass The Expectations He Had For Us.
I Always Prefer To Speak Face-to-face, Typically In My Own Office, Where I'm Most Comfortable.
Whatever We Do, Whatever Our Backgrounds, We've All Had Some Kind Of Advantage Somewhere Along The Way. Some Break That Might Have Gone To Someone Else. Some Edge Or Inside Track We Couldn't Have Counted On.
People Sometimes Approach Me Tentatively Or Suspiciously Because Of My Father's Reputation As A World-class Negotiator, As If They Think I'm About To Take Advantage Of Them. As If I Know Something I'm Not Letting On.
Your Post-college Years Should Be An Exploratory Time In Your Professional Life. From Your Early Twenties And On Into Your Early Thirties, You Should Feel Free To Explore Your Professional Prospects. Keep An Open Mind, And Don't Expect To Get Everything Right Straight Out Of The Gate. Be Prepared To Start Over Once Or Twice.
A Word Of Advice: Your Interview Is About You. It's Not About The School You Went To, What You Majored In, What Your Gpa Was, Or Who Your Parents Happen To Be Or Know. Most Of That Stuff Is Right On Your Resume, And It Might Even Have Gotten You Into The Room, But It Won't Get You Much Farther.
I Think My Dad Is Highly Gender-neutral. If He Doesn't Like Someone, He'll Articulate That, And I Think It's Also Part Of What Resonates About Him. He'll Say What He's Thinking.
When I Was Younger, I Was More Self-conscious About Living Up To Or Surpassing The Expectations Of Others. But As You Get Older, You Start To Build Confidence.
In Business, I Believe That If You Focus Only On The Journey, You'll Miss The Whole Point Of The Enterprise. There Has To Be A Goal, An End Game Of Some Kind; Otherwise, You're Just Spinning Your Wheels. Yes, The Journey Is Important, But The Destination Is Important, Too.
I Love My Father Very Much. I Attribute So Much Of The Person I Am Today To The Values That He And My Mother Set For Us, And The Way They Encouraged Us Every Day Of Our Lives To Go Out And Find What We Love Doing And To Fulfill Our Potential And Really Be Happy.
I Think It's The Human Condition To Be Frequently Embarrassed By Your Parents.
I Hope My Children Just Grow Up Happy And Pursue Their Dreams. I Mean, That's All I Can Ask Of Them.
Quality For Me Is Key, And This Stands True In Every Facet Of My Business From Real Estate, Hotels, And Fashion.
I Have Always Admired Women That Have A Strong Sense Of Self, Complemented By Femininity. I Especially Appreciate The Presence Of These Women In Traditionally Male-dominated Industries, Such As Real Estate.
Love What You Do. There's Always Going To Be Someone Else Who's Smarter Than You, But There's No Substitute For Passion. People Who Are Passionate Always Work The Hardest, And That Sets Them Apart.
I Don't Have A Problem If Somebody Who Has Never Met Me Wants To Say That I Wouldn't Be Where I Was Today Without My Family Because You Know What? They May Be Right.
Oftentimes, The Best Negotiations Result In A Deal That Benefits Both Parties. There Are Times When You Simply Want To Go For The Jugular, But Often, You Want The Other Person To Feel Pleased With The Outcome, Even If You Are The Clear Victor.
Real Change, The Kind We Have Not Seen In Decades, Is Only Going To Come From Outside The System. And It's Only Going To Come From A Man Who's Spent His Entire Life Doing What Others Said Could Not Be Done. My Father Is A Fighter.
Politicians Talk About Wage Equality, But My Father Has Made It A Practice At His Company Throughout His Entire Career. He Will Fight For Equal Pay For Equal Work, And I Will Fight For This, Too, Right Along Side Of Him.
My Father Values Talent. He Recognizes Real Knowledge And Skill When He Finds It. He Is Color Blind And Gender Neutral. He Hires The Best Person For The Job, Period.
My Father Taught My Siblings And Me The Importance Of Positive Values And A Strong Ethical Compass. He Showed Us How To Be Resilient, How To Deal With Challenges, And How To Strive For Excellence In All That We Do. He Taught Us That There's Nothing That We Cannot Accomplish If We Marry Vision And Passion With An Enduring Work Ethic.
As President, My Father Will Take On The Bold And Worthy Fights. He Will Be Unafraid To Set Lofty Goals, And He Will Be Relentless In His Determination To Achieve Them.
To People All Over America, I Say, When You Have My Father In Your Corner, You Will Never Again Have To Worry About Being Let Down. He Will Fight For You All The Time, All The Way, Every Time.
A Trump Presidency Will Turn The Economy Around And Restore The Great American Tradition Of Giving Each New Generation Hope For Brighter Opportunities Than Those Of The Generation That Came Before.
There Have Always Been Men Of All Background And Ethnicities On My Father's Job Sites. And Long Before It Was Commonplace, You Also Saw Women.
The Average Person Can Look At Someone In Public Life And Say They Have It All, But They Might Be Struggling. Or You May Think Another Person Has More Apparent Challenges, But She's Deeply Grateful For Her Life. I Don't Think Anyone Can Judge What Having It All Means For Someone Else.
The Hardworking Men And Women Of This Country Identify With My Father. He Is Tough, And He Is Persevering. He Is Honest, And He Is Real. He's An Optimist, And He's A Relentless Believer In America And All Of Her Potential. He Loves His Family, And He Loves His Country With His Heart And His Soul.