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Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

Alexander McQueen

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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
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Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
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Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex.
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What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections.
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It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.
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You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.
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If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.
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There is no way back for me now, I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed possible
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I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
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