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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
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Paris
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D. V. Vreeland
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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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Style all who have it have have one thing: originality.
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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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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 adore artifice. I always have.
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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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Pleasure is everything.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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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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No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.
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It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.
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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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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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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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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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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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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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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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