Tim Gunn (1953) American actor and fashion consultant
Source: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work
“You can never be too rich or too thin.”
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“You can never give the Musalmans too much.”
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920) Indian independence activist
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