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I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.

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Anna Wintour
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 3
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
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London
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Dame Anna Wintour
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You can’t really worry too much…about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.
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I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and, more recently, First Lady Michelle Obama. Those were benchmarks for the magazine, and certainly covers that I've been very, very proud of.
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I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space.
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I don’t like people who are late.
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I think possibly what people working for one hate the most is indecision. Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision. The most important thing I can do is try and make myself very clearly understood.
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Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.
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I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.
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It's the mishaps that make it fun, and brings you the surprise.
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It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.
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