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I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.

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Carolina Herrera
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 8
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Ciudad de Caracas Venezuela
María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño
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