Jeremy Hardy Quotes
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.
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I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.
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Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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We can climb mountains with self-love.
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I describe Jeb Bush as a 'low-energy' individual, and unfortunately for him, that stuck. And it's true: he's a low-energy person. That doesn't make him a bad person.
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..that the overturning of the old world of arts will be etched across your 'palms' (recto)
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He's looking at me as if the whole world waits for my next breath, with an intensity that makes my heart pound and my palms sweat and then he smiles, a sweet curve of his mouth, and my breath catches, but then I freeze because there is something about it, something beyond it that I know, that makes my mind go blank with fear and pain.
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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
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I worried so long that I would sing to empty bars my whole life. I was singing my guts out; there would be five people into it.
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Why don't they just accept that life is sad and cheer up it's not forever.
