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" I don't believe there's an afterlife - but I don't believe there's an end to life. Consciousness goes beyond the bounds of your body. "
Lily Cole
Life
Body
End
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" The average Londoner knows just one neighbour. I travel a lot, and I'm always surprised by the strong sense of community in some countries. We've lost something fundamentally human, and we don't even realise it. "
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" I part-own a bookshop for some strange coincidence of reasons, and it is one of the best things I part-own in my life, or own in my life. I do not know, it just feels great. "
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" The relationship between art and a job is not quite linear, but I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it's paintings and sculptures or really good filmmaking or music. I really see the relationships between these different mediums as very fluid. "
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" As users of the Internet, we all have a role to play in defining what we want it to be. "
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" Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key. "
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" There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons. "
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" If I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do. "
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" Every time I have to try on a wig for work, I get excited about the colour; I've often thought about going for a platinum bob or also raven black, as it looks so great against pale skin. But I always end up being loyal to my red colour. "
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" With acting, if I'm any good at it, my modeling career would never be a hindrance but would rather be a help. And if I'm not, then it doesn't really matter. "
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" I love yoga. I don't do it as much as I'd like to, but I feel wonderful when I do. "
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" There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there. "
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" Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it. "
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" It was a scandal when I did French 'Playboy' in 2008, though I was never actually nude in it. I think it's really funny that I'll have a cover of 'Playboy' to show my grandkids. "
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" Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money. "
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" I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite interesting. "
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" When I was younger, I definitely did face anti-ginger prejudice. As a child, all teasing hurts, whether it's because you're fat or a different race or have red hair. I had enough comments from a couple of people to make it a sore point. "
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" I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school. "
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