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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
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The biggest mistake a woman can make is not to be herself in public or private.
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Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood.
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Insecurity is a waste of time.
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I obviously don't feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don't judge people who choose to have it, but I don't want to erase who I am.
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I'm not the only one most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.
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I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.
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We are living in such a troubled world that fashion seems completely irrelevant. Yet...it's a very, very mysterious thing. Why all of a sudden do people like yellow? Why all of a sudden do people wear combat boots?
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No one should notice how your eyes are done or the color of your eyeshadow. They should just notice you and notice that you're beautiful, that you have beautiful eyes.
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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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Building a wardrobe is like building a circle of friends your whole life.... Your own beauty is to be yourself, but of course we need tools and accessories.
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The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.
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What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don't like the way you look, you go to your friends.
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Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it.
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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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We all have a Wonder Woman inside us.
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My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection.
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If you're a good person, the goodness will continue through your descendants.
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I communicate mostly via e-mail and receive hundreds of e-mails a day.
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The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age.
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The secret to a great marriage is having a great husband.
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