Quentin S. Crisp Quotes
This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go.
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I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
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Good music is good music, but it has to be good.
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I loved statistics from a young age. And I studied very much in Sweden. I used to be in the upper quarter of all courses I attended. But in St. John's, I was in the lower quarter. And the fact was that Indian students studied harder than we did in Sweden. They read the textbook twice, or three times or four times.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them?
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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A sociopath is not just someone who doesn't care about human emotion. They're someone who understands people to the point that they can manipulate them to an extraordinary degree.
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I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. But Super Nintendo was my last game device. I played outside more. I liked kickball and baseball.
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Daggers have such beautiful, functional shapes, and decorating them is an ancient tradition.
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I do take care of myself; I get my nails done, and I have a skin doctor, but that's it. I'm clean and groomed.
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The Lord has warned and forewarned us against a day of great tribulation and given us counsel, through His Servants, on how we can be prepared for these difficult times. Have we heeded His counsel?
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I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?
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That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.
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This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.
