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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.
Iris Apfel
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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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To lead the good life in New York, the two most important things for a woman are a chauffeur and a fur-lined raincoat. If you have those two things, you’re made.
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I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time
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If you're over 60, arms are not pretty, so I think you should stay covered up. But wear what's appropriate for what you're doing, how you live, and what your lifestyle is.
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It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.
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When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school.
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I love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.
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I don't think dressing has anything to do with numbers. I know people of 30 who act like they're 97, and I have a few old-bag friends who are very hip.
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I never had a fondness for gems or the extravagance of Harry Winston or Van Cleef & Arpels. I've always liked the more flamboyant, imaginative things. I lusted after costume jewelry. My husband was a very lucky man.
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More is more and less is a bore.
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I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.
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Technologically I live in the 17th century. I have a very simple cell phone. I say I live through the kindness of strangers, because if they see something on the Net they type it out and send it to me.
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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.
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The world is always full of promise.
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When you're older, no matter how good your humor is you don't always feel perky and peppy. But if you sit home all day and brood about it, it gets worse.
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You have to observe a few simple rules in dressing, which are really not rules it's just being appropriate. If you're 70 and want to wear miniskirts, 70-year-old knees ain't pretty!
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It's not easy to know who you are and it's very painful and takes a lot of time and that is why a lot of people don't want to put in the effort.
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I don't believe in rules. It's different for everybody. Everyone has to make their own decision and find out what's comfortable for them.
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The fun of getting dressed is it's a creative experience.
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