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It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
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Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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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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If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.
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Without emotion there is no beauty
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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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Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.
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When fashion turns over it brings in little tiny creaks and cracks. This is the fascination and that is where you have to watch every step.
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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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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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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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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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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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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.
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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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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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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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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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