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I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.

Andre Leon Talley

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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Andre Leon Talley
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One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.
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There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.
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People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.
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It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way.
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When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.
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When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.
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I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.
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I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.
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I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
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I'm usually at home and in bed by 10 o'clock. I do not want to be out at anybody's New Year's Eve party.
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Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.
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The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.
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People need to be edited life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.
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Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.
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Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.
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At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in 'Vogue' magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read 'The New York Times.' I had to make my own world within my world because I was an only child.
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Russia is a place of great culture. If you've read Tolstoy's War and Peace, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov...the culture of the great Russian literature is amazing. The human narrative you get out of War and Peace is universal.
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Some days are good some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.
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I don't understand the world of the Internet. I just type up on my computer.
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Uggs can be as chic as heels for women.
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