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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!

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
Joiner
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Hell
Everybody

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It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.
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Pleasure is everything.
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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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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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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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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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I read everything! I would have read the phone book if you put it in front of me. I just read.
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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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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.
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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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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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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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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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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.
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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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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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What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.
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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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Every girl in the world should have geisha training
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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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