Lily Cole quotes

Lily Cole is an English model, actress, and entrepreneur known for her distinctive look and work with major fashion houses. Her versatile career spans from high-fashion catwalks to film roles and social activism. She has also become an advocate for sustainability and ethical business practices. Here are 46 of her quotes:

I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad about. I'd rather be that than a bully. (Lily Cole)
I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school. View quote
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I have to admit I've always had quite a complex relationship with modeling and with the idea of advertising: not always knowing what I'm advertising and selling. View quote
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I don't think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me. View quote
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I started modeling at 14. It's simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people's ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Lily Cole)
I've always cared about issues, always thought through problems. I don't know how much that comes from my personality or my mum. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I love modeling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life. View quote
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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. View quote
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Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I'm in. View quote
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I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual. (Lily Cole)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: English Model
Born: December 27, 1987
Quotes count: 46
Wikipedia: Lily Cole

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