A Quote by Sophie Dahl

I was lucky because my upbringing was so eccentric. It has helped me cope with unreal situations.

Sophie Dahl

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Because Cope Eccentric Helped Lucky Me Situations Unreal Upbringing

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Sophie Dahl
English - Model
Born: September 15, 1977

When life gave me tough situations, acting helped me cope with those situations.

S. Sreesanth

We had such a strange upbringing with such eccentric parents and so we were often put in situations where finding what was funny was a survival thing.

Natasia Demetriou

Ugly Betty' has definitely helped me cope with issues I would have never been able to cope with if I wasn't a part of a show that has such unique characters.

Mark Indelicato

She's still doing it, pushing me into situations I can't handle, making me cope. She knows I can't cope.

Julie Anne Peters

The feminist movement has been important to me because it's made me feel less odd and also because it has made me understand some of the pressures on women which I was lucky enough to have escaped, perhaps because of my eccentricity or the oddness of my upbringing.

Susan Sontag

My greatest influences in my sport have been two former number one English lady darts players, Deta Hedman and Mandy Solomons. Deta helped me at international events and both helped me to cope with the big occasion which gave me the confidence I needed to become a champion.

Trina Gulliver

I've been super lucky in that I've either been in or helped create situations where I do what I want. I'm super lucky. I get to do what I want and create art and make people laugh, and it's really fun.

Paul Reubens

I'm very lucky, because it's a combination of the German, the Hebrew, the Swiss, the French, and that accent helped because as soon as people heard it they knew it was me.

Ruth Westheimer

I was fortunate. And I hate using the word lucky, but I was very, very lucky. Because, all of those things were around me man. The violence, the drugs, the abuse of women. All these things were present in my life. And I take a step back and I try to reflect on my journey and what helped me out.

Tyrann Mathieu

Eccentric is a difficult word because it's come to mean crazy. Avant-garde would be better. Eccentric is not "centric" in terms of having a center. Because sometimes it's used in a derogatory context.

Daphne Guinness

Mama was a stickler on keeping your word. That's helped me to make the right decisions in so many situations. Because of that, I also think really hard before I make a decision because I know I'm going to have to see it through.

Reba McEntire

When superstars play it is easier to guide them during a match because they don't need much guidance; they already know how to cope with high-pressure situations.

Sarfaraz Ahmed

What's helped me is my childhood, my tough upbringing. I learnt a lot from that; it helps with any problems I might encounter.

Carlos Tevez

My upbringing involves individuals who helped me along the way. I don't think I would be here today without that support.

Dwyane Wade

My upbringing was faith-based, but we believed you should love all others as you want to be loved, because everyone should be treated equally. That's helped me have an understanding of people on different journeys and in different walks of life. At the end of the day, we're all the same, because we all want to be loved.