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Too much good taste can be boring

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
Socialite
Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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Taste

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A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different.
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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I went to work to make money, not because I was bored. It was money that I wanted.
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