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

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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
Prettiness
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You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it, you're nobody.
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God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources — nothing! Nothing comes from the island that you can sustain a civilization on. What God gave the Japanese was a sense of style—maintained through the centuries through hard work and the disciplines of ambition.
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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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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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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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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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Without emotion there is no beauty
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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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