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I truly believe that the combination of a strong top line together with a strong bottom line is what makes for a sustainable business.
Irene Rosenfeld
Business
Together
Strong
Believe
Top
Bottom
Bottom Line
Combination
Makes
Line
Truly
Sustainable
Leaders tend to focus on 'what to do,' but the real issue is more often 'how to do it.'
Irene Rosenfeld
Focus
More
Tend
Leaders
How
Real
Issue
Real Issue
Often
People need to know that what they're doing is making a difference and that their leaders notice and appreciate their efforts.
Irene Rosenfeld
People
Leaders
Know
Making
Making A Difference
Doing
Efforts
Difference
Notice
Need
Appreciate
You can change the look of an outfit so easily by changing the kind of jewellery you wear. If you have a basic outfit on - a black sweater and skirt or a simple black dress - you can go from the office to a cocktail party at night just by changing your jewellery. It helps if you change your shoes as well.
Iris Apfel
You
Change
Simple
Black
Party
Shoes
Cocktail
Changing
Easily
Kind
Wear
Outfit
Dress
Look
Well
Go
Office
Just
Sweater
Your
Skirt
Helps
Basic
Night
Jewellery
Colour can raise the dead.
Iris Apfel
Colour
Dead
Raise
You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
Iris Apfel
Buy
You
Try
Somebody
First
Style
Says
Someone
Learn
Because
Stylish
Painful
Who
I never buy what someone says is 'in' or a 'must-have.' I buy what makes me happy.
Iris Apfel
Buy
Me
Happy
Says
Someone
Never
Makes
You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.
Iris Apfel
Work
You
Unless
Out
Find
Who
Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
Iris Apfel
Me
Husband
Too
Never
Had
Understated
Real
Lucky
Jewellery
Jewels
My mother was a big influence; she was exceedingly chic, completely dressed in a completely different manner than I did. I was a child of the Depression, so she taught me all about accessories, and I always tell everybody she worships at the altar of the accessory.
Iris Apfel
Depression
Me
Mother
Big
Everybody
Worships
Tell
Dressed
About
Exceedingly
Altar
She
Always
Accessories
Accessory
Chic
Big Influence
Than
Child
Did
Taught
Influence
Different
Manner
I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.
Iris Apfel
Love
Buy
Valuable
Hopeless
Fall
Hopeless Romantic
Never
Because
Just
Just Because
Romantic
Anything
Them
Things
Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
Iris Apfel
Fashion
Interior
Design
Same
My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.
Iris Apfel
Me
Everything
Between
Look
Makes
Itch
Very
In-Between
Either
Baroque
Zen
I get very involved with my things, and they are not standard equipment.
Iris Apfel
Involved
Equipment
Very
Get
Standard
Things
The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
Iris Apfel
You
People
White
White House
Must
Restoration
House
Historical
I think people have to sharpen their eyes and look. I always feel like a big sponge: I feel like I learn lots of things by osmosis, and I feel that I'm always absorbing. I mean, when people say, 'What is your inspiration?' I could throw up. I mean, I'm inspired by the fact I get up in the morning. And I'm still here.
Iris Apfel
Morning
Eyes
People
Big
Think
Say
People Say
Fact
Inspiration
Could
Inspired
Throw
Absorb
Feel
Sharpen
Sponge
Like
Look
Learn
Always
Still
Lots
Up
Get
Mean
Your
Things
Here
I swear on everything holy I do not know what's on the Internet about me.
Iris Apfel
Me
Internet
Everything
About
Know
Swear
Holy
I'd rather go to a flea market than just about anything. It's the process I like - the same with getting dressed. If I've got someplace to be, I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event. Sometimes. Even in my own closet, I love to dig and search and find.
Iris Apfel
Love
Time
Sometimes
Own
Dig
Market
Spend
Spent
Find
Dressed
About
Someplace
My Own
Rather
More
Like
Got
Go
Than
Same
Getting
Closet
Getting Dressed
Just
Anything
Process
Flea
Search
Even
Event
Actual
I think people should express themselves more and not just buy what's in. While it can be very beautiful, and it may suit you perfectly, I'm sure it doesn't suit everyone in the same way. I like people who express themselves and are more individualistic.
Iris Apfel
Beautiful
Buy
You
People
Think
Everyone
Way
More
Individualistic
Perfectly
Like
Sure
Very
Same
May
Just
While
Themselves
Should
Who
Express
Suit
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.
Iris Apfel
Husband
First
Dress
More
Date
Still
Years
Years Ago
Fits
Than
Which
Wore
In America, it has been proven that the bulk of spending money is in the hands of women between 60 and 80, so it's so stupid. The people who do have the time and money to shop are either retired or empty-nesters.
Iris Apfel
Time
Women
People
Money
Stupid
Spending
Spending Money
Has-Been
Retired
Between
Bulk
Proven
Time And Money
Been
America
Hands
Shop
Either
Who
I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
Iris Apfel
Life
Me
Technology
People
Some People
Live
Think
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
Worst
Pressing
Some
Days
Like
Tied
Parts
Because
Up
Different
Use
Buttons
Imaginations
I mix everything up. A museum curator once said to me that there is a great jazz component to the way I do things because good jazz is improvisation and draws elements from all different cultures. And that's the way I do everything - the way I dress and decorate.
Iris Apfel
Good
Great
Me
Jazz
Everything
Once
Way
Draws
Component
Dress
Because
Said
Mix
Cultures
Up
Curator
Improvisation
Different
Different Cultures
Decorate
Elements
Things
Museum
I live in the Dark Ages, the 17th century. Actually, I would have loved to be in Paris in the early 20th century when the Ballets Russes were there and Chanel was designing.
Iris Apfel
Dark
Live
Dark Ages
Would
Paris
Ballets
Were
Loved
Century
Ages
Actually
Designing
Early
Chanel
I don't do very much for beauty. I use very simple things on my skin. I haven't got time. I would always get facials and then come home laden with product, and pay a lot of money and never use it. Anyway, one day a dermatologist told me to use Cetaphil to clean my face and as a moisturizer, and that's what I do.
Iris Apfel
Time
Day
Home
Me
Money
Simple
Face
Beauty
Pay
Skin
One Day
Would
Clean
Simple Things
Never
Come
Always
Got
Lot
Very
Get
Anyway
Then
Much
Product
Use
Things
I like to improvise.
Iris Apfel
Improvise
Like
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