Quentin S. Crisp Quotes
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
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In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!
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In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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Small businesses have told us that having cash in their pocket is one of the primary things that they need.
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I still define myself by the places that I've been.
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All hope is prayer; who calls it hope no more, Sends prayer footsore forth over weary wastes, While he who calls it prayer, gives wings to hope.
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Lots of my friends and family belong to churches, and some of them are part of the so-called Christian Right. In this preacher, I wanted to show a good man struggling to reconcile his commitment to the community with the political agenda of his church. He does not see that as a dilemma, but I do.
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Sending $300 to your grandma in Cuba doesn't change the dynamic with Castro.
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I never went to church as a child. I did not .
