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" I think the media are so hypocritical a lot of the time in the way they chastise something just so that they can print it again. "
Lily Cole
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" Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it. "
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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. "
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" It doesn't make me very happy to be on my computer all the time. I've never been drawn to that world. "
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" I love beautiful things; I like having nice clothes, and I can appreciate why other people do - but I've also started to learn more about the impact of what we buy: how things are made, how much you buy and the quality of everything. "
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" I guess I try and learn all the time from every experience in life, so my thinking is a hybrid of everything. I'd have to attribute some of that to my work in the fashion industry - in some obscure way. "
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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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" The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent escapism, but they all feature themes that have such poignancy in a modern world. "
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World
Man
" 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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Art
Interesting
Work
" I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good. "
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Great
Good
Business
" As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and it's really important that the status quo can be questioned and that there are people doing that. "
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Thinking
Art
Doing
" America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But I am still fundamentally British and speak with a British accent and feel very English. "
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Me
Influence
I Am
" I'm just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye... But not together! "
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Girl
Eye
Together
" I've always gone after fears and tried to stifle them by doing them. It is daunting, but it's more rewarding. "
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Tried
Always
Doing
" I love modeling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life. "
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Modeling
Achieve
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" I usually have a lip balm in my bag and mascara as well. I don't really wear much make-up, but I like mascara because I've got fair colouring. "
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" I'm not sure if it's fair to call it a 'fairy tale,' but I really loved 'Mulan,' the Disney film. It was my favorite. I guess it's not really a fairy tale, but you do get Eddie Murphy as a dragon. "
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You
Loved
Film
" People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am. "
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Skin
I Am
" Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money. "
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Giving
Economy
Money
" I found going to school when I was modeling very grounding. It's really kept my perspective on bigger things in my life. "
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Perspective
School
" As users of the Internet, we all have a role to play in defining what we want it to be. "
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" I don't personally follow trends; I don't even like the idea of trends. I think it's kind of absurd that you have to change every six months, so I always try and buy things that hopefully I'll like forever, and resonate with me. "
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" Life is shining a light through a magnifying glass on me, looking for me to stumble. I think that's my biggest fear. "
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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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" I think models have a lot less power than they did in the '80s, when there were, like, only 10 supermodels who could dictate the rules, whereas now there's so many, and that changes the power dynamic and makes it a more insecure business. "
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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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" It's not that I don't believe in creativity and innovation and new ideas, and the creativity that comes with fashion, which I really respect. But one of my biggest concerns is just how cheap we expect everything to be. "
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Respect
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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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" There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there. "
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