Daphne Guinness Quotes
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 am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I'm a proud family man.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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I love cycling.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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People don't appreciate that when you're on the Internet, it's a 24/7 job. Even if you're not releasing episodes, your show is living and breathing on the Internet because there's a community around it. Ninety percent of the work is after the web series is shot, and you have to constantly maintain your community, because it's all you have.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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Everything and anything is valuable.
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I always wear the kind of stuff that makes you overheat and die.
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You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their profits are a direct result of some tenant's poverty.
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I always dread the process of writing because I'm not a writer. I'm an audible guy, I'm a verbal guy. I love to talk. I write a book every couple years, but it just takes everything out of me to get a book out.
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My mother took me to Venice one time and showed me all the houses where famous composers used to live. It gave me a fascination for music and the city, but also for architecture. It was a valuable lesson.
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I have never had to travel more than thirty seconds from home to office, and it's because of that that I've been able to maintain, really a family life that has nurtured and sustained me during this time [of presidency].
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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.
