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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.

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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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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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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If you hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes, you can get anyway with anything.
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I'm delighted that gay people now want to get married and I say why not! It's nobody's business and I would happily give my blessing.
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You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.
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My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.
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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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