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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

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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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Life
Influenced
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You've got to have style, it helps you get out of bed in the morning.
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Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.
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The best thing about London is Paris.
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Without emotion there is no beauty
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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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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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Still, my dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can’t think all the time.
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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.
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Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
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You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got? I mean if you love someone you can love them as much as you can love them but if it isn’t a passion, it isn’t burning, it isn’t on fire, you haven’t lived.
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I think part of my success as an editor came from never worrying about a fact, a cause, an atmosphere. It was me—projecting to the public. That was my job. 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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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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There was a time when it was considered vulgar and unnecessary to pursue money, but today anyone who doesn't believe in money must be out of their minds!
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Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes.
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The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.
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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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Style all who have it have have one thing: originality.
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