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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.

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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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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First you have to know who you are. That is the most important thing, as if you don't know who you are you will either get swallowed up or you follow some unsuitable trends and just become a nonentity.
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To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!
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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'm making a lot of noise as I walk.
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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There’s no how-to road map to style. It’s about self-expression and, above all, attitude.
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I think that if you have to work very hard at dressing up and it makes you nervous or uptight, then you won't look very well because you won't be comfortable. I think it's much better to be comfortable and happy than well dressed, don't you?
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My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.
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I don't pay attention to things like the talent for style. I don't meditate on things like that. I just do whatever I think I should do and go with it, and if people like it, then I'm very happy about it. And if not, I always figure it's their problem not mine.
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The world is always full of promise.
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The fun of getting dressed is it's a creative experience.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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Style means you have a real curiosity about yourself and then you express it. Having style is not copying somebody else.
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I think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, they’d be better off.
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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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You have to know yourself and know what you can carry. If you're not comfortable, no matter how well dressed you are, you're not going to look right. I'd rather be happy and feel comfy.
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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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You can't just say, I'm gonna have style. You have to work at it. It's intuitive some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.
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I don't happen to like pretty things. I don't like pretty dresses. I like more attractive. I like people that look a little bit more offbeat. I don't like the classic pretty face. That doesn't mean it's not pretty or it's not wonderful, and most people don't agree with me, but that's the way I think.
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I just never want to completely grow up.
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