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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.

Diana Vreeland

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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Fashion Editor
Journalist
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Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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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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I'm for everybody. There are no set rules. But if one's not a joiner. To hell with all of them!
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The personality is a work of art.
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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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I adore artifice. I always have.
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The best thing about London is Paris.
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Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
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