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For me the working of hair is architecture with a human element.

Vidal Sassoon

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Vidal Sassoon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 17
Died: 2012
Died: May 9
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Hairdresser
London
England
Architecture
Elements
Hair
Working
Human
Humans
Element

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Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.
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I was a bit of a rebel.
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