J. P. Donleavy Quotes

Expect the worst and that's what you'll get only it will be much worse.

J. P. Donleavy

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I'm very aware that after you've played Cleopatra, there's not a lot that can top that in this sphere, so it means that I want to almost change the sphere I work in rather completely because I will always be comparing it to Cleopatra.

Harriet Walter
- Work
- Want
- Change
I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

Fiona Apple
- Myself
- Parent
- Corruption
If you're a friend or a relative of George Herbert Walker Bush, Prez 41, or George W. Bush, Prez 43, or any other Bushes, then you know an 18-hole round of golf shouldn't take more than three hours out of your day - there are other important things to do.

Dan Jenkins
- Important
- Day
- Friend
Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger.

Barbara Kingsolver
- Create
- Fiction
- Empathy
I think where the criticism of videogames come from is where videogames are just Xeroxes of films, and when you get a film adaptation of that game, you've just Xeroxed something twice. I think that's where a lot of the criticism comes from - there are ultra-violent games that are already based on a million films.

Edgar Wright
- Think
- Game
- Criticism
The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of the war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- War
- Years
- Destiny