Sophie Dahl Quotes

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Sophie Dahl

Profession : Model

Birth : September 15, 1977

It is hard finding clothes that fit. At the German Vogue shoot most of the clothes were undone at the back.

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Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8.

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My grandmother is really awful sometimes.

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My mother tells this joke about how when I was little I used to say, 'Mummy, all I want is a stable home!' and she'd reply, 'That's all right, darling, we'll buy you a stable.'

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I have nothing against a good facelift.

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I think with girls you have a real responsibility in terms of how you discuss the physical. Talking about your looks or body in a derogatory way doesn't do them any favours.

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I would never have got involved in something that just meant turning up at eight and leaving at five.

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When I write about things, it's a lot to do with sense memory. How things smell and taste can bring incredible memories flooding back and transport you in an instant to another time and place.

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I know part of nostalgia is romanticising the past, but I love doing things in a slower way, and the glamour of bygone eras.

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I've got to confess... I do feel slightly like I've been born in the wrong time.

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I have a great deal of admiration for my mum.

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My childhood was such an odd one, but with such magic, and the quirky grown-ups who were in it managed to still bring a huge sense of love and magic, so for that I'm really grateful.

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My size wasn't something that I'd ever spent a huge amount of time thinking about - I guess at the age of 17 or 18 you don't.

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Because I cook a lot, I wanted to write a recipe book, really incorporating the message that you don't have to starve yourself to be reasonably skinny.

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When I modeled, my name always came with a preface: 'the voluptuous Sophie Dahl.' I was the anti-waif, as round as a Rubens.

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I come from a family of greedy food lovers.

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Starving isn't sexy. What's sexy is a healthy appreciation for food.

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I'd love to master another language properly.

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I wish my grandparents were around to see my children.

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I'm doing what I've always wanted to do: being a mum, writing, living in the country, having a happy time.

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