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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
Businessperson
Interior Designer
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Queens
New York
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When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.
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Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
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I'm a color person, I've never been known to play it safe. Plus I like big bags. My eyeglasses are so big they don't fit into smaller bags.
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I'm making a lot of noise as I walk.
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More is more and less is a bore.
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The world is always full of promise.
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