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" 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! "
Lily Cole
Girl
Eye
Together
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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 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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" Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money. "
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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 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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" 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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Great
" If I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do. "
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Swim
" 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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" I always used to love couture because it was more theatrical than the runways. The runways always felt more like part of the machine. "
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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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Respect
" 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
" 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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People
Quality
" 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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Life
Perspective
School
" I've always cared about issues, always thought through problems. I don't know how much that comes from my personality or my mum. "
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Problems
Know
Personality
" 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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Red
Child
Face
" Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it. "
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" In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair. "
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Culture
Hair
Love
" 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
" 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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You
Change
Kind
" 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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Ideas
" 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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Life
Fear
" 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 was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school. "
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Girl
Know
Look
" Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible. "
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Always
Real
Culture
" 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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Influence
I Am
" 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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Work
" 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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Time
Work
Experience
" There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there. "
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Many
Clothes
Vintage
" 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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