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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
Left
Disapproval
Form
Kills
Look
Compete
Looks
Approval
Right
Forms
Never
Watching
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Energy

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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've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.
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A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different.
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