Quentin S. Crisp Quotes
I associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world.
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I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
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We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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My grandma told me never, ever, ever to use soap on my face. But I do use lotion.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans!
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him.
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One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
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I have too much drive and determination to let anything falter me. Because I know that life's short and there's so much that I wanna do, and I can't do anything that might hold me back or get stuck in.
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Yes, I'm ashamed of my participation as a taxpayer in American drone bombing.
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The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.
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I'm not the perfectionist anymore. It's my staff. They're the ones always insisting on doing something better and better.
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I associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world.
