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I interview these people all the time who come to my office and say, I want to be a fashion designer. I tell them where they should start, and they say, I don't want to do that. I don't want to get anyone coffee. Don't they know it is great to get people coffee?

Tom Ford

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Tom Ford
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 27
Fashion Designer
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Austin
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Thomas Carlyle Ford
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