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Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.

- Iris Apfel
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I swear on everything holy I do not know what's on the Internet about me.

People say, 'You have inspired me, you've given me courage...' They've gone so far as to say, 'You've changed my life!' And I would come back and say to my husband, 'I can't understand it - what kind of poor little life did she have if I had to come and change it?'

I was never a fan of Chanel. I liked it on other people. Some other people. All the ladies who were too plump and busty looked like little sausages.

I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.

Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.

I had a very brilliant father who was not only intellectual, but was street-smart and very curious to boot. The day I found out that he didn't know everything, I grew up. It was a shock. I just thought that the man was the end-all of everything, and he knew the answer to everything. Then I found out I'd have to find out my own answers.

I go out in New York, and I think, boy, you can look at someone and pretty much determine their zip code. Everyone seems to want to conform. I wonder, are they all just button-pressers, on the Internet all day long? I don't know.

In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.

People with a lot of money don't dress as well as people who have to make do, who have to be inventive. Those are the people who are always more interestingly dressed, I think. Everything I do, I do with gut instinct. If I think too much, it won't come out right.

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Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.

Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.

Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.

Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.