Erin O'Connor Quotes

• Sometimes, very quietly and graciously, you can inspire other people by showing them that there's a different way and many perceptions of beauty. You may not be feeling it inside, but if you display it like you mean it, then it can give permission to be kind to ourselves and embrace our individuality.

  Erin O'Connor

  Mean, Perception Of Beauty, People

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• How awful to be a perfect beauty! How confusing! God. Can you imagine?

  Erin O'Connor

  Perfect, Confusing, Awful

  "Muse flash" by Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2003.

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• I have a regular cleansing, toning and moisturising routine.

  Erin O'Connor

  Routine, Cleansing

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• I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How decadent! How hysterical!

  Erin O'Connor

  New York, Half, Hysterical

  "Muse flash". Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2003.

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• Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

  Erin O'Connor

  Self, Fear Of The Unknown, Protective

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• Rejection is, of course, part of any successful model's career, as ironic as that sounds. It's how you pick yourself up and get on with the job.

  Erin O'Connor

  Jobs, Successful, Careers

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• I am concerned about ageism and the loss of beauty - the perception that as you grow older, you 'lose your looks,' which I think is diabolical.

  Erin O'Connor

  Loss, Thinking, Perception

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• I am selective. If I do splash out, it's an investment, and I wear things for years.

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  Years, Investment, Selective

  "My life in shopping: Erin O'Connor, model". Interview, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2009.

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• I lead a very busy life and don't have a lot of time, so my skincare needs to be easy and portable.

  Erin O'Connor

  Needs, Busy, Easy

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• I am the world's laziest shopper, but very rarely have I had to take anything back.

  Erin O'Connor

  World, Shoppers

  "My life in shopping: Erin O'Connor, model". Interview, January 15, 2009.

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• For my last meal I'd want an Irish breakfast with soda bread and one of my dad's omelettes with three or four eggs.

  Erin O'Connor

  Dad, Eggs, Meals

  "Erin O'Connor: 'I burnt my parents' lovely new kitchen down. But they forgave me in the end'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.

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• I'm bad at rationalisation - very bad.

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• I enjoy travelling the world, but nowhere beats Walsall.

  Erin O'Connor

  World, Beats, Enjoy

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• I have previously been a very enthusiastic consumer, and I didn't think about the origins of garments enough.

  Erin O'Connor

  Thinking, Enough, Garments

  "Rags to riches: Erin O'Connor's fairtrade fashion". Interview with Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2010.

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• As a small child me and my pals fantasised about one day owning an ice-cream van. To have ice creams on demand would have been a dream come true.

  Erin O'Connor

  Dream, Children, Ice Cream

  "Erin O'Connor: 'I burnt my parents' lovely new kitchen down. But they forgave me in the end'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.

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• I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.

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  Mind, Speak, Diplomatic

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 29, 2008.

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• I'm like a tourist when I'm in London.

  Erin O'Connor

  Tourists, London

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• As a model, part of my job is to be critiqued physically.

  Erin O'Connor

  Jobs, Models

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• I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

  Erin O'Connor

  Responsibility, Mentor, Mentoring

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• Growing up, I had an insane crush on Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.

  Erin O'Connor

  Crush, Growing Up, Boys

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 29, 2008.

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