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To me, beauty and sadness are very closely linked. Truly beautiful things make me sad because I know they are going to fade. When I see a beautiful 20-year-old boy or girl-and they are breathtaking-I am filled with a kind of sadness. But maybe they are beautiful because we know they are not permanent and they are in a kind of transition.

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Tom Ford
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 27
Fashion Designer
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Austin
Texas
Thomas Carlyle Ford
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