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I think loneliness comes with being creative, because you are obsessed with creation. And it is so satisfying that sometimes, I have noticed, I completely neglect my friends and my family, and they fall away.

Tom Ford

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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
Thomas Carlyle Tom Ford
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