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I have a couple of thousand books in my personal library. Choosing a favorite is next to impossible. But I do love the written word.

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Tim Gunn
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 29
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Things are recalibrated according to new perspectives and perceptions. It's fascinating to me.
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Being in the moment is everything. So being in the moment for me is just letting the narrative play out, listening to the designers and giving them helpful feedback about what they're doing.
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I'm not sure what the moral is here...I really just wanted to tell that story.
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I was a teacher and an administrator at Parson's School of Design, and as an administrator, I was associate dean. And in that role, I went around fixing things that were broken. And the Parson's fashion program was broken.So fashion chose me. It needed to be developed and evolve. I don't know if it comes naturally to anyone.
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People believe that if you're concerned about the clothes you're wearing and the larger aspects of your appearance, that it's anti-intellectual. I say Hogwash! The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.
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If you want to write an angry e-mail, write it but don't send it. It's based on my experience that whenever I have acted out in some manner, I have always regretted it.
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I will say that the high road can get so high that you can get a nose bleed, in which case you have to get off the high road.
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The element of fashion I'd like to see more often? Clothes that fit people well. For me it's not so much about the clothes.
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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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There's nothing I like better than going to my apartment, closing the door, cooking my little dinner for one and just tuning out. My apartment really is my haven. It's a nest where I go to heal.
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Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.
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Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials.
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It was very challenging to mentor the mentors, and yes, you do see more sides of my personality.
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If you had pockets, you were associated with a labor force. It meant you had things to carry yourself. Otherwise, your lady's maid or your manservant would have done it for you.
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As I continue to mature and navigate the world, there are so many myths that are dispelled for me.
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I'm one of the biggest introverts you could ever meet.
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We can wear whatever we want and get away with it. Just be confident about being who you are and dressing for that person.
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Life is a big collaboration. And we can't navigate it alone.
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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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