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I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that's never my intention.

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Tim Gunn
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 29
Consultant
Costume Designer
Creative Director
Fashion Designer
Photographer
Reality Television Participant
University Teacher
Voice Actor
Washington
District of Columbia
Timothy MacKenzie Gunn
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I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.
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I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say.
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I've worn a suit and tie for most of my life. And I believe (for me), it makes me more confident navigating the world.
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Being a student in an art & design school, that was the moment for me, that was when I began to develop a lot of self-confidence and really come into my own.
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If you want to, you can share my teaching refrain: I can't want you to succeed more than you do.
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Don't give up! You're too talented. You're too good!
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It's not an area where designers want to focus or pay attention - women who are larger than a size 12.
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Just the way it never rains when you have an umbrella, you'll never run into people if you look fantastic. But go outside in pajamas, and you'll run into every ex you have.
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