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I always knew the woman I wanted to be-I knew I wanted to be a woman who was independent a woman who was in the driving seat, a woman who didn't need for the man to decide.

Diane von Furstenberg

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Diane von Furstenberg
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 31
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urban area of Brussels
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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.
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Nature is a source of strength.
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I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.
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You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.
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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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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 important thing is to take your time and not get stressed.
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