Vick Hope

Journalist

1989-09-25

Quotes by Vick Hope

• I'm a big fan of a slit on a dress, so it's always worth having a little look in the mirror just before you go out to see where your limits are and just how far you can pull the leg out if you're posing.

  Read quote

• Grass-roots clubs and organisations were the places growing up where I found solace. It's important that young people have that space and time to realise their potential.

  Read quote

• I counted down the days until I turned 16 when I'd be allowed to straighten my 'crazy, frizzy hair,' as the other girls had called it.

  Read quote

• Taking risks doesn't mean shirking responsibility, but embracing possibilities.

  Read quote

• Travelling alone gave me time and space, free of the pressures of trying to verbalise experiences, so I could simply feel the joy of my own existence. This was an extremely powerful realisation: I didn't just find strength and solace in being alone, but I learned to love it.

  Read quote

• Being ambitious, driven, and passionate can sometimes come at a cost and warp our sense of perspective: when we constantly work and strive to be better, we can find ourselves dwelling on mistakes of the past or putting pressure on what we'll do in the future, rather than living in the present.

  Read quote

• When in doubt about what to watch, I tend to opt for guaranteed, certified lols.

  Read quote

• When you can't get out to buy specific ingredients, whipping up your own curry paste or harissa paste is super satisfying, using all those powdered spices that often sit at the back of the cupboard.

  Read quote

• Exploring my racial identity, my blackness and my whiteness as living, breathing, moving parts; confronting race as an issue head-on, learning about it, talking about it, celebrating the beauty of my cultures, being honest about the ugly parts of our history, and consolidating my sense of self has been liberating in so many ways.

  Read quote