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" I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well. "
Tom Ford
Perfection
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Me
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" I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I thought it looked great! I didn't understand why anyone else didn't think so. "
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" Advertising is, of course, important because advertise is the final design. It's the last layer that speaks to the customer, that tells them what you have. "
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" My own skin-care ritual is quite simple and straightforward; I don't like a lot of fuss, surprisingly. My products are designed to make you look and feel better. I think there are a lot of men out there who want and need the same products. "
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" I told myself that I would not come back to women's fashion until I felt I had something new to say. I feel that fashion has become too serious and that the actual customer's needs have not really been addressed. Fashion needs to make one happy. It is a luxury and should enhance one's quality of life. "
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" I haven't had any plastic surgery - despite what people think, this is my nose. I have had Restylane and Botox, but I don't think of that as plastic surgery any more. "
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" There are many designers who have much greater talent as a designer than I do, but they may not have my drive, they may not work as hard, they may not have the focus, the desire... You have to have a talent because, at the end of the day, if the pants you design don't make someone's butt look great, they're not going to buy them. "
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" Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him. "
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" British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than you see anywhere else, on every level. "
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" What works with your skin and eyes? Use that to zero in on your wardrobe. "
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" I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us. "
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" When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses. "
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" When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. "
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" I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Puritans. Whether or not the country is now composed of immigrants, our culture as American really begins with the landing of the Pilgrims and a puritanical view of things. "
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" My grandmother was probably the first person who I thought was beautiful. She was incredibly stylish, she had big hair, big cars. I was probably 3 years old, but she was like a cartoon character. She'd swoop into our lives with presents and boxes, and she always smelled great and looked great. "
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