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I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In order to have ideas, you have to have some peace and quiet.

Daphne Guinness

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Daphne Guinness
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: November 9
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London
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Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness
Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness
Hon. Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness
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Everyone thought I was going to fall down on my shoes and I kept saying, 'Well if I do I'll just get up!'
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If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage.
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I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.
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I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.
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Elizabeth Taylor was never told what to wear or paid to carry a certain handbag.
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I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art.
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I don't approach fashion fashion approaches me!
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I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity.
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I don't regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it!
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I really try to understand what people are saying and answer as honestly as I can. But sometimes it's like they try to tie you into knots. That's why I mostly steer clear of the popular press. I try not to read . . . Well, I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.
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I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.
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Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.
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I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun.
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