I know one day I’ll be irrelevant. No matter how hard you try there is a cultural moment, but eventually that window’s gone, your time on Earth is finished, and you might as well leave. I could absolutely die tomorrow – I would not care. I feel like I’ve lived, I feel like I’ve had a great life.
TOM FORDWhat 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.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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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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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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I believe in living life the way that you want to live it every day, and if you do that, you don’t really need to have New Year’s resolutions.
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Everyday is one less day.
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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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A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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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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You have to love what you do to the point that you can’t imagine doing anything else with your life.
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Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
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I understand that I have a certain look that can be used to my advantage. I know the power of that when I walk into a room and talk to people, and I can use it as an advertising tool. Now I am actually selling me, my face, my thoughts. So I am my guy.
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Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.
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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 the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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