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I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes. ↗

— Vera Wang

#clothes #eating #ever #fashion #generations

I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both. ↗

— Vera Wang

#both #doing #either #ended #expected

I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized. ↗

— Vera Wang

#box #challenge #clothes #creating #give

People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist. ↗

— Vera Wang

#elitist #end #fashion #get #hear

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business. ↗

— Vera Wang

#business #decided #dress #find #get

49 and holding. Holding tight! Fighting that heinous age every step of the way. ↗

— Burt Ward

#every #every step #fighting #heinous #holding

I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child. ↗

— Burt Ward

#another #apart #child #children #daughter

I think we're struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles. ↗

— Fred Ward

#defined #freedom #freedom from #gender #history

Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle - clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can't live your life like that, though. It's fake. ↗

— Gemma Ward

#clubbing #fake #get #life #lifestyle

Lots of models have played mermaids throughout history and it is, kind of, a funny rite of passage. ↗

— Gemma Ward

#history #kind #lots #models #passage