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I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.

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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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Allure
Like
Perfume
Scent
Memory
Memories
Around
Something
Think
Pervades

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One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it it's against them: they take it as an assault, an inconvenience! But rain is so wonderfully cleansing, so refreshing, so calming...
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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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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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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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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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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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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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.
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I adore artifice. I always have.
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There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.
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The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.
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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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For goodness sakes, beware of curls… It is a great art to do them so that the girls not only look modern - but do not suddenly look very vulgar.
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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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Without emotion there is no beauty
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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.
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