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I'm going to do what I do, even more exaggerated. This is my attitude always. I don't betray myself at all.
Manolo Blahnik
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Manolo Blahnik
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 27
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Fashion Designer
Shoe Designer
Manuel Blahnik RodrÃguez
Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez
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Passion is passion. It's a sort of madness and possession of what you do or what you think. This is the difference of life: passion and commerce, which most of the people know as P.C. But people have just got C now instead of P.
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I'm loyal to my thoughts, to my friends. This is what I really like the best. Loyalty. Sounds goody-goody. Maybe that's not the one you wanted.
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I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.
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