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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.

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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
Learned
Dream
Discovered
Dancing
Dance

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All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me. It’s exactly as if I’d said, ‘I want rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist temple’—they have no idea what I’m talking about. About the best red is to copy the color of a child’s cap in any Renaissance portrait.
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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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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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If you think all the time every day of your life, you might as well kill yourself today and be happier tomorrow.
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