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    Anna Wintour

    Create your own individual style. I'm not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a HEAD-to-TOE LABEL look that's straight off the runway. I'm interested in a Girl who puts herself together in an ORIGINAL INDEPENDENT Way

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    Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision.

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    Everyone should be sacked at least once in their career because perfection doesn't exist. It's important to have setbacks, because that is the reality of life.

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    Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.

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    Fashion is a reflection of our times. Fashion can tell you everything that's going on in the world with a strong fashion image.

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    Fashion's not about looking back. It's always about looking forward.

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    Gisele Bundchen, along w Kate Moss, is a phenomenon. I wish models knew they have to have a personality

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    Gisele Bundchen is a bit of a jock. 1 of my fave shoots is her playing football

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    Go get a job. Whether it’s working as a designer or working in a restaurant and then doing your own thing in your own time, it’s a reality of life. In the end it’s going to be helpful to you and so many others.

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    I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.

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    I don’t like people who are late.

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    I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.

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    I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

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    If one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque, it's simply because I'm striving for the best.

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    If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.

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    If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world as a headline in the New York Times.

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    I look for strong people. I don't like people who'll say yes to everything I might bring up. I want people who can argue and disagree and have a point of view that's reflected in the magazine. My dad believed in the cult of personality. He brought great writers and columnists to The Standard.

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    I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space.

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    I’m very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do. If that turns you into a perfectionist then maybe I am.

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    I'm very good at delegating - people work much better when they have a real sense of responsibility. But at the same time, I don't like surprises. I don't pore over every shoot, but I do like to be aware at all times of what's going on.

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    In the end I do respond to my own instincts. Sometimes they're successful, and obviously sometimes they're not. But you have to, I think, remain true to what you believe in.

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    In today's world you have to interact. You can't be some difficult, shy person who is not able to look somebody in the face; you have to present yourself. You have to know how to talk about your vision, your focus and what you believe in.

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    I saw young women in the street dressing in a way that I thought was influencing the designers. Fashion was being influenced by all sorts of different people, and culture and also across the street. So I saw more as a trickle up, than a trickle down influence. When I came to Vogue, that's what I wanted it to reflect.

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    Anna Wintour

    I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.

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    I think possibly what people working for one hate the most is indecision. Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision. The most important thing I can do is try and make myself very clearly understood.

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    I think what I often see is that people are frightened about fashion. Because it scares them or makes them feel insecure, so they just put it down. On the whole people that may say the mean things about our world I think that’s usually because they feel, in some ways, excluded or, you know, not a part of ‘the cool group’ so as a result they just mock it.

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    It is a family; it's a slightly dysfunctional family, but it's also very close and warm and loving family.

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    It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.

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    It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

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    It's not so much about powerful women. In some cases, there are stereotypes about women. I often don't hear men talked about in the same way. It's more a sexist stereotype than a powerful stereotype.

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    It's possible in today's world to be instantly famous, whether it's through Instagram or whatever platform it may be, but it's a very different matter to be successful financially and in the long-term

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    It's the mishaps that make it fun, and brings you the surprise.

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    I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and, more recently, First Lady Michelle Obama. Those were benchmarks for the magazine, and certainly covers that I've been very, very proud of.

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    Anna Wintour

    I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.

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    Just be true to yourself, and listen as much as one is able to to other people whose opinions you respect and look up to but in the end it has to come from you. You can’t really worry too much by looking to the left and the right about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.

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    Models today, she explained, don't understand that to be successful you have to have a personality, intelligence, and issues that you support, and Gisele embodies these qualities.

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    One should look forward rather than backwards.

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    Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it.

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    People constantly make the mistake of comparing London with New York, Milan and Paris and that's not what it's about. London has its own fashion identity. You come here to find the next Alexander McQueen or John Galliano.

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    Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.

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    Tears? Are you going for a Barbara Walters moment?

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    Anna Wintour

    The best way to make dream come true is to wake up.

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    [The democratization of luxury] means more people are going to get better fashion. And the more people who can have fashion, the better.

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    The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true.

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    Anna Wintour

    The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.

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    Anna Wintour

    The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.

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    Anna Wintour

    There's always a way to wear fur.

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    Anna Wintour

    The Trump Card is appealing, grounded, smart, and has a sense of humor. Ivanka Trump proves that believing in yourself and working hard never go out of style.

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    They (fashion editors) have always been our secret weapon.

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    Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.