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Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness (born 9 November 1967) is a British and Irish fashion designer, art collector, model, musician, film producer and actor. She is an heir by direct descent of the 18th century Irish brewer Arthur Guinness.

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I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.

Amounts, Boys, Mean, Mistake, Mistakes, See

I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.

Beautiful, Color, Metal, Think, Thinking

If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage.

Baggage, Ifs, Relationship

Everyone wants to get behind the red rope, but actually: be yourself, don't believe what you see, don't believe all this marketing.

Actually, Being Yourself, Believe, Everyone, Marketing

My basic mathematics is rather weak, so when some of the theories are broken into equations, I get rather lost.

Basic, Broken, Lost, Mathematics, Weak

I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities.

Completely, Gone, Mad, Same, Thinking, Wearing

In fashion, there are so many gangs, if you identify too much with one, you get caught - I would lose my freedom.

Fashion, Freedom, Gang, Gangs, Identify, Too Much

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore.

Book, Gossip, Press, Read, Switch, Tvs

I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.

Children, Imagination, Life, Mixture, Older, Thinking

Elizabeth Taylor was never told what to wear or paid to carry a certain handbag.

Carry, Certain, Handbags, Paid, Taylor

As I got older I looked at the world and I realised, we need armour. So my jewellery and clothes became my armour

Clothes, Jewellery, Looked, Needs, World

If I think about it too much, I can't get dressed.

Dressed, Fashion, Think, Thinking, Too Much

There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form.

Art, Grunge, Movement, Real

Part of being a conscious human being, is having an intention. And if you put an intention into whatever you do, it’s definitely going to be more satisfying in the end

Conscious, Ends, Human, Intention, Satisfying

I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one.

Affect, Emotions, Philosophy, Practice, Two

Fantasy appeals to me and can be very much reflected in my dress - but then, each day is different. Not every day is a magical day.

Different, Dress, Dresses, Each Day, Reflected

I don't regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it!

Clothing, Clothings, Disposable, Probably, Regard

I hate the idea of making any of my children into a mini-me. That would be terrible.

Children, Hate, Ideas, Making, Idea

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

Eye, Look, Makeup, Mirrors

I'm always reading many books at a time. It might be quite unorthodox, but what I do is, since I'm always surrounded with books, I'll read a page of physics, and then I'll read a chapter of a novel that I really love, and then I'll say, "Oh well, what does that mixture do in my head?" I adore reference books. I love encyclopedias. I also like just going back to original texts, because a lot of these self-help books today.

Book, Encyclopedias, Love, Reading, Today, Unorthodox

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