Daphne Guinness Quotes
Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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Life is like an analogy.
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Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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As leaders, we become whole when we see that our focused, singular commitment to making the numbers and the metrics cannot be effective on its own, but only when it is part of the whole picture - only when we see that it takes more than metrics to make up the whole.
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I'd love to design a school.
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Our time on Earth is so random.
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I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.
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There are many people in the world who feel that if only they had a bigger car, a nicer house, better vacations, a more understanding boss, or a more interesting partner, then their life would work. We all go through that one. Slowly we wear out most of our 'if onlies.'
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People always seek to compare. They can take the new, but only if it is somehow connected to the familiar. We need that in our lives, the mix of the new and the old. But of course I'm flattered about the comparison with Old man and the sea. Hemingway is a great writer.
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Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.
