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So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.

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
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I think that as good architecture enhances a city, a good cut enhances the definition and expression of a face.
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Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is all that we're sure of.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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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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It's not recognized by enough people as a worthy craft.
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If you don't look good, we don't look good.
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I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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