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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

Vidal Sassoon

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Vidal Sassoon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 17
Died: 2012
Died: May 9
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Fashion Designer
Hairdresser
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You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.
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I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.
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From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.
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Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.
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To sculpt a head of hair with scissors is an art form. It's in pursuit of art.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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For me the working of hair is architecture with a human element.
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Beauty is.. The passionate and positive expression of the complete self.
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Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.
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Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.
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It's not recognized by enough people as a worthy craft.
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Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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