"So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.“


-Vidal Sassoon

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So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.

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