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“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.”

Dita Von Teese

“Ignore the critics… Only mediocrity is safe from ridicule. Dare to be different!”

Dita Von Teese

“I like the idea of being whoever I want to be.”

Dita Von Teese

Variant: I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.

“Good manners. They're forgotten in America. I think it's bad manners to stand around in public with ripped jeans and your hair in a mess, holding a Starbucks.”

Dita Von Teese

5-Minute interview http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-dita-von-teese-burlesque-artiste-424723.html (18 November 2006).

“Madonna is the only modern celebrity who is truly a style icon. Who else has the audacity to dress like her these days? She really influenced how I wanted to look when I was growing up, and made me realize that I didn’t have to look like a blond beach bunny or a Playboy model.”

Dita Von Teese

Praising Madonna for inspiring her to be an individual http://www.contactmusic.com/news/von-teese-madonna-inspired-me-to-be-individual_1037902 (18 July 2007).

“Playboy is the second most-recognised symbol in the world after Coca-Cola, It’s a Hollywood walk of fame for female bodies. My dad is a different story – he threw me out of the house when I was 16 because I worked in the lingerie store and wore black lace panties. But he loved that I was on the Playboy cover; suddenly I was his daughter again. In fact, everything changed after the Playboy cover. Before, people were scared of me, but suddenly what I did was validated.”

Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese on posing for Playboy http://personalispolitical.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/dita-von-sleeze-and-borelesque/ (13 August 2007).

“I advocate glamour. Everyday. Every minute" "Glamour above all things.”

Dita Von Teese

“At eurovision, The Armenians are killing me with their hair and especially the fierce cateye liner! LOVE! I am part Armenian, in fact.”

Dita Von Teese

On the Armenians in the Eurovision Song Contest https://twitter.com/DitaVonTeese/status/1808509968 (15 May 2009).

“You know how some celebrities have fans of the opposite sex, who imagine they’re going to marry them and live happily ever after? I have a different thing. Over the past 15 years I’ve had a few female fans who’ve gone overboard and been upset because we didn’t become best friends and go shopping together.”

Dita Von Teese

Interview by Crushable http://crushable.com/entertainment/dita-von-teese-talks-about-crazy-ex-marilyn-manson (1 August 2007).