Joe Orton Quotes
McLeavy: My duty is clear.Truscott: Only the authorities can decide when your duty is clear. Wild guesses by persons like yourself can only cause confusion.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I grew up on films.
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I've always said that acting found me. I didn't really find it.
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Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.
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The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem.
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When you're as chaotic as I am, you need a very firm structure in your life.
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Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.
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There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of those people. I enjoy outworking the opposition.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
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The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
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All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
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In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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In fact, we have a choice of freedom of heart to follow God.
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I'm 48 years old, not a kid anymore by any definition, but here is a universal truth that every adult at some point will realize: We are all always 17 years old, waiting for our lives to begin.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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People have got to realize that we have had a lot of injuries and this is a school of 140 kids. When we have everybody, we're a pretty good football team. But suffering injuries and having people step up are part of the game.
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It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.
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McLeavy: My duty is clear.Truscott: Only the authorities can decide when your duty is clear. Wild guesses by persons like yourself can only cause confusion.
