I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
TOM FORDI am really a loner after all; I am really not a social person. Because of my job, people think I am out every night, but I really hate all that. I am somebody who likes to be alone and see some close friends. I am a shy and introspective person.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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’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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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They’re meditative. I have three a day.
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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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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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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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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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I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.
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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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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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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.
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I think people are sick of trends changing every six months – not because we’re tired of them, but just for the sake of change. There is so much junk in the world: junk TV, junk movies, all those junk magazines with the same people on the cover.
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