Robert van der Veen
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Robert van der Veen (September 26, 1906 in Shanghai
Shanghai
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, Empire of China
Qing Dynasty
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 – March 18, 1996 in Jette
Jette
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, Belgium
Belgium
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) was a Dutch
Netherlands
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 field hockey
Field hockey
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 player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

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Quotations

A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs.

A woman has the age she deserves.

A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed.

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Dress sharply and they'll remember the outfit; dress impeccably and they'll remember the woman.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

 
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