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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.

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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
Dream
Everything
Even
Chanel
Technique

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I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.
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I think i always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give'em what they never knew they wanted.
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I was always sort of a loner, I suppose. I always had to think out everything for myself... I suppose that is what you call a loner.
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I've always had such wonderful opportunities, but I never made the effort, haven't put on the pressure. But I never took them.
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If you think all the time every day of your life, you might as well kill yourself today and be happier tomorrow.
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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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The best thing about London is Paris.
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I adore artifice. I always have.
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Beauty has nothing to do with possession. If possession and beauty must go together, then we are lost souls. A beautiful flower is not to be possessed, it's there to be beheld. … It's there for your pleasure.
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Don't you loathe the word workaholic? It has nothing to do with an important thing, that you and your secretary are at the office until 6:30. But that's life, kiddo. 24-hour work doesn't go on in America. 24-hour work is what Italy and Holland did after the war. The lights never went out!
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I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.
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Where would fashion be without literature?
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It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.
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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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