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As stylists, we're groundshakers and daymakers. I was always in hair.

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
Stylists
Stylist
Hair
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Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.
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Beauty is.. The passionate and positive expression of the complete self.
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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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From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.
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Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.
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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.
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If you look good, we look good.
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When I was about 10 I ran away to see my father. He couldn't have cared less. He just took me back as soon as he could.
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'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.
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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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When the doubters tell you it can't be done and all kind of tragedies will come your way, I say nonsense. If you can get to the very root of who you are and make something happen from it, my sense tells me you are going to surprise yourself.
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For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
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