Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Nigella Lawson lives a life marked by extreme contrasts in tragedy, success, and appearance.
In plain terms
Her life has extreme highs and lows, including beauty and tragedy.
What can you take from it?
Extreme experiences define her public life.

Where it applies

  • celebrity interviews
  • media profiles
  • biographical study

Putting it to work

  • public speaking
  • media commentary
  • autobiography writing

Questions to consider

  • How does public image shape reality?
  • Can beauty coexist with tragedy?

Another view

External extremes do not necessarily reflect internal life.

More from Nigella Lawson

  1. No doubt there can be a shy, reserved side to Nigella Lawson - and some people interpret this as coldness - but it is not in evidence today. She seems flamboya…

    Permalink to quote #23
  2. Lawson's sexy roundness mixed with her speed-demon technique, makes cooking dinner with Nigella look like a prelude to an orgy.

    Permalink to quote #25
  3. If you looked up 'multi-tasking' in the dictionary, the words 'Nigella Lawson' would probably appear alongside.

    Permalink to quote #22

Related quotes

  1. I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be intere…

    Gabriel Garcia MarquezGabriel Garcia Marquez quote #8
  2. Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

    Erma BombeckErma Bombeck quote #9
  3. Perhaps he lives and dies unpraised, This trafficker in humble sweets, Because his little shops are raised By thousands in the city streets. Yet stars in great…

    Joyce KilmerJoyce Kilmer quote #12