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.
TOM FORDDressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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What’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.
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The Gucci woman – you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman – she’s going to torture you a little bit. You might have sex, but she will drip a little hot wax on you first.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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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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If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.
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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 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.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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It’s funny, our beauty standard has become harder and tougher because we live in a tough age. I don’t think anyone wants to walk down the street and feel vulnerable. You want to walk down the street and feel like you’re in control.
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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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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
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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 thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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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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