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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
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Beauty is health. Health is beauty.
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People have always been fascinated by people in the public eye and what they wear, what they are doing, but not in a tabloid way. Tabloid celebrities are a turnoff. A lot of celebrities...you wonder why they are celebrities.
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Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.
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You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.
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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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On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.
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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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I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.
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I do believe there's a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.
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I suppose the most daring thing I've ever done is try to water ski. And that was not successful.
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I think it's important that models be healthy.
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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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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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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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Uggs can be as chic as heels for women.
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I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.
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I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.
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The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.
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There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.
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