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I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

Diane von Furstenberg

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Diane von Furstenberg
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 31
Businessperson
Designer
Fashion Designer
Socialite
urban area of Brussels
Princess Diane of Fürstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg
Diane Simone Michelle Halfin
Independent
Became
Pay
Woman
Running
Wanted
Life
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Bills

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There is nothing more thrilling than arriving in a new place on your own and feeling the sense of possibility and excitement that brings with it.
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The secret is to enjoy being you.
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Insecurity is a waste of time.
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Today designer Alexander McQueen passed away...His talent was immense and he will remain immortal in the history of Fashion.
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The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian.
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I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.
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Being attractive for a few hours some evening is hardly worth being that unattractive all day (in hot rollers). Being yourself and being natural with a man is wonderful, but being downright unattractive with him is foolish.
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The girls who were unanimously considered beautiful often rested on their beauty alone. I felt I had to do things, to be intelligent and develop a personality in order to be seen as attractive. By the time I realized maybe I wasn't plain and might even possibly be pretty, I had already trained myself to be a little more interesting and informed.
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I used to be very insecure about my curly hair, because I lived in a country where everybody had blonde straight hair.
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Nature is a source of strength.
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When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything.
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Sleep is easier to make up than a unique evening.
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The older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.
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I can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all women are the same.
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It's important to leave your face without makeup for a while after waking up...Let your skin breathe a while before applying your makeup, even if it means waking up a bit earlier.
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I gave up on my looks a long time ago.
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I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make dresses that women get laid in.
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The little black dress is the true friend...she travels with you...is patient and constant...you go to her when you don't know where else to go and she is ALWAYS reliable and timeless.
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The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.
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Feel like a woman, wear a dress!
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