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Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'

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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Female
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Prettiness
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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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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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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.
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You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got? I mean if you love someone you can love them as much as you can love them but if it isn’t a passion, it isn’t burning, it isn’t on fire, you haven’t lived.
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The personality is a work of art.
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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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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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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.
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The best thing about London is Paris.
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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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It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.
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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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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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Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.
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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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Still, my dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can’t think all the time.
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Most people haven't got a point of view they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.
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