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I like the idea of being warm and secure. That's what home should be. That you have a sense of warmth, security, love, and you love the things around you and surround yourself with beauty.

- Andre Leon Talley

Love, Beauty, Like, Warmth

The little black dress expresses a moment of freedom and individuality every time.

- Andre Leon Talley

Freedom, Dress, Black, Expresses

I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage - all my luggage matches.

- Andre Leon Talley

Dress, Think, I Think, Homeless

When I do entertain, in the summer, which is rare, I receive my guests on the front porch, set up wicker trays found at Pottery Barn, and serve iced beverages. Anytime I do welcome friends, it's always a tray of canapes or Planters peanuts, jellied candy from Paris, and a good bottle of Sancerre.

- Andre Leon Talley

Candy, Serve, Entertain, Guests

You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is not the endgame.

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Life, Out, Your, Elitist

Uggs are comfort shoes, and it's important to have a shoe that gives you a sense of comfort. I have about 15 pair of Uggs - the same shoe, the same color. And I also have the bedroom slippers.

- Andre Leon Talley

Color, Sense, About, Slippers

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

- Andre Leon Talley

Love, Young, Russian, Old School

One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.

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Humble, London, Onion, 18th Century

The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse.

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Door, Happiest, County, Orange County

I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.

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Green, Want, Need, Grass

Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.

- Andre Leon Talley

Resume, Always, Been, Administrator

Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.

- Andre Leon Talley

Think, I Think, TV, Terrible Thing

When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.

- Andre Leon Talley

Passionate, Handbags, Attend, Gloves

At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in 'Vogue' magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read 'The New York Times.' I had to make my own world within my world because I was an only child.

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Beauty, Own, Discovered, Vogue

Stella McCartney, not only is she a designer, she is a mother of four, and she lives for practicality. She understands what a woman needs to wear to work and what a woman needs to wear when it's time to go out and put on the Ritz!

- Andre Leon Talley

Woman, Needs, Lives, McCartney

The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.

- Andre Leon Talley

Beautiful, Bed, Most, Sheets

When my best friends doubt their little black dresses, they call me on the telephone seeking reassurance.

- Andre Leon Talley

Best, Doubt, Black, Reassurance

Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.

- Andre Leon Talley

Embrace, Friendly, Obama, Supporters

When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

- Andre Leon Talley

Always, Notes, Note, Make A Difference

I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.

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Love, My Life, Brought, Unconditional

I love sitting through long things. I mean, 'Gone With the Wind' I will sit through; I love sitting somewhere for four hours, for anything. I love being on a train. I love sitting down for four hours. I think it's the most wonderful thing to be able to sit somewhere and concentrate on something for more than two hours.

- Andre Leon Talley

Love, Through, I Think, Gone With The Wind

I went to Brown to be a French professor, and I didn't know what I was doing except that I loved French. When I got to Paris and I could speak French, I know how much it helped me to establish relationships with Karl Lagerfeld, with the late Yves St. Laurent. French, it just helps you if you're in fashion. The French people started style.

- Andre Leon Talley

Doing, French People, Got, Establish

It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way.

- Andre Leon Talley

Blog, Editor, Incorrect, Assume

There are no more Elizabeth Taylors. You could be fascinated by her, she lived so many lives, she lived far, she loved the jewels; she had gaudy taste but she had extraordinary talent.

- Andre Leon Talley

More, Elizabeth, Lives, Jewels

Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.

- Andre Leon Talley

Aim, Idol, Jennifer, Hudson

I do believe there's a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.

- Andre Leon Talley

Survival, Believe, Given, Trenches

Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.

- Andre Leon Talley

Doctor, Very, Mundane, Dentist

I watch Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Chris Matthews. That's what I watch every night. By the time I've watched them, I don't have time to watch reality TV shows.

- Andre Leon Talley

Night, TV, By The Time, Every Night

I'm not going to go to the local theater to spend $12... when I can get a screening copy of a film. I don't get screeners myself, but I can borrow from my friends or go to their house to watch.

- Andre Leon Talley

Myself, Going, Screening, Borrow

I will sit in the car on the way to a meeting and just smile. I really mean that. It helps you get through life. If you have nothing to say, smile. Look up at the sky and smile. Just be grateful.

- Andre Leon Talley

Grateful, Sky, Through, Helps

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