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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
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Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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I went to work to make money, not because I was bored. It was money that I wanted.
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Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.
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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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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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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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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.
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Every girl in the world should have geisha training
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Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.
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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it.
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If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.
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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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The only real elegance is in the mind if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
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Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.
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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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Without emotion there is no beauty
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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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Style all who have it have have one thing: originality.
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