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" There's nothing wrong with ankles. But only if you're playing football in the park. "
Tom Ford
Nothing
You
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" I think people who are compelled to achieve never really think they've achieved... I think the moment you get to a place when you think 'Oh I'm a fashion legend' then that's when you're no longer competitive in your field. "
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" When I am on my deathbed, I don't think I will be thinking about a nice pair of shoes I had or my beautiful house. I am going to be thinking about an evening I spent with somebody when I was twenty where I felt that I was just absolutely connected to them. "
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" I think you should suffer sometimes to be attractive and beautiful, so I cut the clothes very slim because I like to feel the clothes on my body. "
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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. "
Tom Ford
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" College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity. "
Tom Ford
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College
" You never make it, especially in this industry where you constantly churn out stuff, things. You never finish. "
Tom Ford
Where
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" I think that they haven't been able to perfect a good facelift for a man. "
Tom Ford
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" Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially. "
Tom Ford
Students
Great
Changes
" What works with your skin and eyes? Use that to zero in on your wardrobe. "
Tom Ford
Wardrobe
Use
Zero
" Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him. "
Tom Ford
Him
Copy
Take
" 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. "
Tom Ford
Woman
Love
Energy
" 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. "
Tom Ford
Eyes
Future
Fashion
" Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever. "
Tom Ford
Things
Ever
Silliest
" But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important. "
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Me
Struggle
People
" Do you know how rare it is in parts of America to actually see 'an outfit'? France? I don't want to be anti-French, but there isn't a more unattractive group of people on the streets. "
Tom Ford
You
People
Know
" I love to design. I am a commercial fashion designer. I always design jackets with two sleeves. I don't design jackets with three sleeves, or the layers and layers come off like little dolls from Russia. Fashion for me is a creative endeavor, but it is not art for me. "
Tom Ford
Fashion
Love
Me
" From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important. "
Tom Ford
Stuff
Time
Born
" I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us. "
Tom Ford
Monogamy
I Think
Us
" I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football. "
Tom Ford
Sports
Baseball
Football
" A lot of the things I did - it's not going to sound anything but egotistical - if I'm lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don't like that. "
Tom Ford
The Right Thing
I Can
Lucky
" 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. "
Tom Ford
Think
Always
Beauty
" I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes. "
Tom Ford
Want
Clothes
Beautiful
" 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. "
Tom Ford
You
Know
Life
" I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do. "
Tom Ford
Want
Stand
I Am
" It's like everything in your life is wonderful, but you have so much wonderful - this is all going to sound horrible - but when you have so much wonderful, it isn't wonderful because you don't actually have time to enjoy it. "
Tom Ford
Enjoy
You
Wonderful
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Ford
Home
School
Great
" I don't want to find myself designing for the press. "
Tom Ford
Press
Find
Myself
" When I read about young designers selling 51 percent of their company to someone else, I cringe. I want to say, 'Don't do it - call me first.' "
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Company
Say
Want
" I was not popular. I was the kid in school that was bullied. "
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Popular
School
Bullied