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I'm terrible on facts. But I always have an idea. If you have an idea, you're well ahead

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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Fashion Editor
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D. V. Vreeland
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One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it it's against them: they take it as an assault, an inconvenience! But rain is so wonderfully cleansing, so refreshing, so calming...
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No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.
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Why don't you have a room done up in every color green? This will take months, years, to collect, but it will be delightful-a melange of plants, green glass, green porcelains, and furniture covered in sad greens, gay greens, clear, faded, and poison greens?
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It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.
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A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is.
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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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All people are meant to be creative in a certain way. What way? Perhaps I was cut out to be a wonderful housewife, with a marvelous sense of cooking, being with my friends, running a perfect house. But I am not ambitious towards anything.
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Without emotion there is no beauty
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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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I'm for everybody. There are no set rules. But if one's not a joiner. To hell with all of them!
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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.
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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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I think your imagination is your reality
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When fashion turns over it brings in little tiny creaks and cracks. This is the fascination and that is where you have to watch every step.
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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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I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.
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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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