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My mother Tessa married my st...

My mother Tessa married my stepfather, James, when I was three and we lived in Boston for a year.

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I grew up with my grandfather...

I grew up with my grandfather, so I knew him really, really well. He was funny and opinionated and wonderful. He was fascinated by things and always curious.

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I think everyone goes through...

I think everyone goes through a phase of longing to be little - I always wanted to be a girl who could sit on a man's lap, but that is just not going to happen.

Sophie Dahl 7 quotes

I'm a great believer in fairy...

I'm a great believer in fairy tales. I think it is important to have something you can lose yourself in.

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Some people get fat when they...

Some people get fat when they're miserable; certainly this was true of my teenage self, but as an adult, deliver me a week of extreme stress and misery and watch me disappear.

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I still don't know what the '...

I still don't know what the 'ideal' woman is. Waifs will always be in demand because it's a lot easier to design for straight up and down rather than round curves. This is the reality, unfortunately.

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I have no complaints about my...

I have no complaints about my childhood whatsoever.

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When I was at school I wanted...

When I was at school I wanted to be a writer and an actress. Then this whole modelling thing happened.

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I wasn't lonely as a child. I...

I wasn't lonely as a child. I was the eldest of four and always had lots of people around me.

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I should be allowed to be vol...

I should be allowed to be voluptuous or scrawny of my own volition, without people going on about it.

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I am not ashamed to admit tha...

I am not ashamed to admit that I'm wearing Yves Saint Laurent from top to toe.

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I have become that middle-age...

I have become that middle-aged woman who listens to the 'Hamilton' soundtrack in my kitchen.

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I lived on an ashram in India...

I lived on an ashram in India at 12 and later I was a heroine in a Bollywood movie - I'm not telling you the name because I was terrible.

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My siblings and I had a lovin...

My siblings and I had a loving but very chaotic and muddled childhood, and as a result we have sought out lives that are consistent and stable, domestic and happy.

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The most evocative food smell...

The most evocative food smell is American seaside food - tuna melts and cookie dough ice cream, or the British version, fish and chips and toffee apples.

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My grandmother is really awfu...

My grandmother is really awful sometimes.

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I would never have got involv...

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

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I've started running since I ...

I've started running since I had kids, and I've become one of those annoying people who likes running.

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Central heating is my vice - ...

Central heating is my vice - I have it on a bit too much as I am always cold. I try to make up for it in other green ways.

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Starving isn't sexy. What's s...

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

Sophie Dahl 7 quotes

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