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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.

Diana Vreeland

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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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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.
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Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.
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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.
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For goodness sakes, beware of curls… It is a great art to do them so that the girls not only look modern - but do not suddenly look very vulgar.
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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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Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.
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All people are meant to be creative in a certain way. What way? Perhaps I was cut out to be a wonderful housewife, with a marvelous sense of cooking, being with my friends, running a perfect house. But I am not ambitious towards anything.
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