Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.
TOM FORDWhat’s so wrong with vanity? It’s different from narcissism, you know? It’s not about admiring yourself-it’s about taking pride in your appearance.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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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I don’t believe in playing around much with suit cuts. I like a fairly classic shape that gives a man strong shoulders, a fitted waist, and long legs. Classic simplicity always works.
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British people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. English men make an effort. We’ve lost that in the US. Everyone is more concerned with being comfortable.
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Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!
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You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
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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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Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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I think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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In another life I would love to be a cosmetic surgeon because it’s architectural. You know, you are trying to figure out where the seams go. Can I do it in one piece like Halston? Can you formaldehyde DNA?
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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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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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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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