If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It’s looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style.
TOM FORDI’m a natural-born boss, I have to say. I just like to be good at things. Even as a child, I was boss of my family.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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I’m a natural-born boss, I have to say. I just like to be good at things. Even as a child, I was boss of my family.
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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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I’m a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I’ve always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.
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At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
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If I were straight and I were trying to seduce a woman, I could do it just by standing up at the table when she came back from the bathroom. It works. Every time I do that, all the straight men are sitting at the table and their wives are kicking them. “Look at that!” “You never do that for me!”
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.
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I think that they haven’t been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.
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What is important is that we stop and realize, “Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I’m really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.
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I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
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A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.
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