Alek Wek Quotes

#1. My boyfriend isn't a rock star. His values are rock solid. We met at a dinner and he made me laugh.

Alek Wek

#2. Not everyone is selfish in fashion. There are people who go to bed feeling good about themselves and then spread the love.

Alek Wek

#3. Maybe I do have a few more dresses, but I'm just like everyone else.

Alek Wek

#4. To have this opportunity, in light of my familys struggles, made me want to create something lasting and relevant.

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#5. I wore hot pants and cowboy boots and I thought, 'What have I gotten myself into?'

Alek Wek

#6. You can't buy enlightenment, but you can hire a mirror so you can watch it happen.

Alek Wek

#7. I went to Glenalmond and got the piss taken out of me for my Glasgow accent. Then I spent five years at this very posh school, came out sounding like Prince Charles, which you have to do in order to survive, and then I got called Lord Fauntleroy for the first six months at art school.

Robbie Coltraine

#8. Just everything else, Mum. I just have everything else from you.

Fredrik Backman

#9. I'm trying to grow older with wisdom.

Alek Wek

#10. I think I enjoy London the best as it's where I started my career. But Paris is beautiful too.

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#11. You don't have to go with the crowd.

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#12. I have no problem with whatever the next big look is. Just don't try and tell me that only one look is beautiful.

Alek Wek

#13. Pressure only makes you sick. You won't get anything positive out of it.

Alek Wek

#14. Fashion shows are glamorous for 20 minutes.

Alek Wek

#15. What others think of us is not our concern - it is their concern ... It is important only that we radiate life. Every individual must be a joy to himself, to his family and to his society.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

#16. (Seriously, if I catch another person commenting out something instead of deleting it, I will write a whole book titled Why God Invented Source Control.)

Anonymous

#17. A lot of people especially want to know about going into business. But it's a two-way conversation.

Alek Wek

#18. Beauty is deeper than just what you look at in a picture. You could fancy what you like, but as a woman my mother always raised us to believe in ourselves. I'm very grateful for the fact that my mother brought me up that way.

Alek Wek

#19. If we don't take care of each other, who will? ... I don't want to ever say, 'I should've done something.'

Alek Wek

#20. I believe that true beauty comes from inside you and that always shows through. I have no problem with whatever the next look is, whether it's big blonde hair and blue eyes or green hair and dark eyes. That's fine so long as there isn't just one ideal image.

Alek Wek

#21. There are models who don't eat. That's worrisome - you need the right amount of gas to get going.

Alek Wek

#22. For me, there has never been one definition of beauty. I think we all have something to offer and when beauty shines from within, there can be no denying it

Alek Wek

#23. This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake it.

Larry Wall

#24. That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in it? That's my favorite.

Shane McAnally