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" I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us. "
Tom Ford
Monogamy
I Think
Us
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" I'm a pretty calm person. That came from living in Italy for a long time. Nothing works, nothing is on time. You have to learn to deal with it. "
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" I have a driver in London because I am slightly dyslexic and cannot drive in the U.K.; after all, the traffic runs the opposite way to that in the United States. "
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" I think people are sick of trends changing every six months - not because we're tired of them, but just for the sake of change. There is so much junk in the world: junk TV, junk movies, all those junk magazines with the same people on the cover. "
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" When you are having fun and creating something you love, it shows in the product. So when a woman is sifting through a rack of clothes, somehow that piece of clothing that you had so much fun designing speaks to her; she responds to it and buys it. I believe you can actually transfer that energy to material things as you're creating them. "
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" Fashion is much more collaborative than one might think. You have to have an idea and vision, and you have to communicate that vision to a team of people, and you have to create an environment that allows those people to give the best that they can give. "
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" L.A. is my American city. "
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" Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life. "
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Time
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" Your connections with other people are important, our connection to the earth. "
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" The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos. "
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Place
" I am really a loner after all; I am really not a social person. Because of my job, people think I am out every night, but I really hate all that. I am somebody who likes to be alone and see some close friends. I am a shy and introspective person. "
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Alone
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" A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm. "
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Think
Up
" I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, 'This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.' But then, that's the goal: world domination through style. "
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Ego
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I Am
" Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever. "
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Ever
Silliest
" I hate going out for lunch during a workday because it slows down my pace and ruins my rhythm. I prefer to eat at my desk. Actually, I wander around the design studio with a plate in my hand as I dine on, for example, salmon sashimi and a salad of tomatoes and mozzarella. I often have a bit of dark chocolate after lunch. "
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Lunch
Design
Hate
" I went to a fashion show, and this silver-haired guy was staring at me with these piercing water-blue eyes. It scared me because I absolutely saw and knew my entire future. "
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Eyes
Future
Fashion
" I was not popular. I was the kid in school that was bullied. "
Tom Ford
Popular
School
Bullied
" 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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Home
School
Great
" I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well. "
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Perfection
Striving
Me
" We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator? "
Tom Ford
President
Actor
Why
" If you're at the Oscars, there's not a man on that red carpet who is not wearing make-up. Most straight actors I know get quite used to it. Even when they go out in real life they grab some sort of bronzer and they throw it on. They dye their eyebrows, they dye their lashes - they know the tricks. "
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You
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Life
" I live, I shop almost exclusively on the Internet. I've bought cars on the Internet. I watch television, I do everything on it. I even watch my son online. "
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Internet
Live
" I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable. "
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Think
Always
Beauty
" 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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You
Look
Better
" I guess I'm just one of these people who, when I decide I'm going to do something, I just do it. "
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Going
People
Just Do It
" You never make it, especially in this industry where you constantly churn out stuff, things. You never finish. "
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You
Things
" I don't think fashion has to change every five minutes. I'd like these to be clothes you can wear for a long time - ten, 20 years; pass on to your daughter. Why buy vintage when you can open your own closet! "
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Change
" 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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Quality
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Life
" 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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" If I'm sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don't know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, 'What should I do?' So it's meditative. "
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" College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity. "
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Activity
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