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Basically, I was a hippie and still am a flower child.

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Still, Basically, Am, Hippie

My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.

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Mother, Alone, Lot, Stay-At-Home Mom

I'm truly, truly boring! I don't change. If people know me, I have not changed.

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Change, Me, Boring, Changed

I think I was a nomad in another life.

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Think, I Think, Another, Nomad

It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.

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Need, Like, Yoga, Pilates

I start my day with a mind, body, soul practice - yoga, Pilates or meditation.

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Soul, Mind, Practice, Pilates

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.

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Love, Architecture, Other, Spaces

Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.

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Stop, Most, Once, Scheduling

I give Reiki, which is energy, but I don't tell too many people that.

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Give, Which, Too, Too Many People

When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'

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Two, Bodies, All Women, Hey

If it's a regular day, I won't wear any makeup, just leave my hair down and head out to the car.

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Makeup, Wear, Any, Regular

When I started Donna Karan, people weren't really accepting the idea of the working woman.

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Woman, Idea, Were, Accepting

I really feel that we need to scale back and get to what is important on so many levels.

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Important, Need, Many Levels, Levels

We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.

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Woman, Through, Come, Designed

You don't have that much choice in your life, which is one of the big lessons I've learned. I was going to be a designer whether I wanted to be a designer or not.

- Donna Karan

Big, Which, Learned, Lessons

I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.

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Thought, Important, Always, Underneath

Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.

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Never, Experimentation, Same, Evening

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

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Work, Believe, Work Together, Philanthropy

My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.

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Doing, I Think, Very, Kindly

I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.

- Donna Karan

Love, Grandchildren, Skiing, Family And Friends

Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.

- Donna Karan

Business, Numbers, Go, Negotiations

Originally, back in 1992, DKNY started because I couldn't find a pair of jeans. I also wanted to dress my teenage daughter Gabby. So it was the perfect street wardrobe: jeans, anoraks, jumpsuits, boyfriend jackets, sweaters, skirts and dresses. Then DKNY grew into an entire lifestyle concept, including tailored clothes you wear to work.

- Donna Karan

Dress, Perfect, Tailored, Lifestyle

I design from instinct. It's the only way I know how to live. What feels good. What feels right. What is needed. Give me a problem and I will approach it creatively, from my gut.

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Give, Will, Feels, Creatively

I believe in comfort. If you don't feel comfortable in your clothes, it's hard to think of anything else.

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Believe, Think, Feel, I Believe In

Age and size are only numbers. It's the attitude you bring to clothes that make the difference.

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Numbers, Size, Only, Clothes

I'm a nature bug.

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Nature, Bug

It's really easy to get colors right. It's really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but it's also an illusion.

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Color, Black, Certainly, Neutral

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

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New, Rather, Means, Promote

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!

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Positive, Negative, Delete

I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.

- Donna Karan

Business, Husband, Could, Creative

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