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If one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque, it's simply because I'm striving for the best.

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Anna Wintour
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 3
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
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London
England
Dame Anna Wintour
Sometimes
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Cold
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