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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
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Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.
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I sincerely believe that energy grows from itself and the more energy you expand the more you create within yourself.
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I think your imagination is your reality
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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'm terrible on facts. But I always have an idea. If you have an idea, you're well ahead
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Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it!
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When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to absolutely everything.
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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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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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You've got to have style, it helps you get out of bed in the morning.
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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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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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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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There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.
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Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.
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The only real elegance is in the mind if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
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Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.
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