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I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.

Vera Wang

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Vera Wang
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 27
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New York City
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Vera Ellen Wang
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