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I've always had such wonderful opportunities, but I never made the effort, haven't put on the pressure. But I never took them.
Diana Vreeland
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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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D. V. Vreeland
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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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Beauty has nothing to do with possession. If possession and beauty must go together, then we are lost souls. A beautiful flower is not to be possessed, it's there to be beheld. It's there for your pleasure.
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The best time to leave a party is when the party’s just beginning. There’s no drink that kills except the drink that you didn’t want to take, as the saying goes, and there’s no hour that kills except the hour you stayed after you wanted to go home.
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The only real elegance is in the mind if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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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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I've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.
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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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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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Pleasure is everything.
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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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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to absolutely everything.
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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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