Quentin S. Crisp Quotes
I think the seventies caught the last red rays of the dying sun of this innocence, but were already a little cold and drab.Quentin S. Crisp
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
Olly Murs -
As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
Wayne Dyer -
One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
Orison Swett Marden -
All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
Hamza Yusuf -
Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. Somerset Maugham
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I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew.
Tamara Tunie -
People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.
Pablo Sandoval -
If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
Usher -
People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
Karen Elson -
I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
Ira Glass
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There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It's important for people not to make celebrities their source of who they should be in life. I can't take on the pressure of being perfect. Nobody is.
Queen Latifah -
Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
Fidel Castro -
In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
Fedor Emelianenko -
Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.
Adam Levine Maroon 5 -
Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm making a ton of money, and not because it's going to be something special.'
Viggo Mortensen -
I listen to a lot of choral stuff at home, but I'm also liking Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Tom Odell and Wretch 32.
Laura Mvula
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We live with the decisions we makeThat’s what bravery is. Standing by the consequences of your mistakes.
M. L. Stedman -
I had never danced all my life until I shot for my first song in 'Chirutha.'
Ram Charan -
My dad's one true quest in life was for the Platonic ideal of peanut butter. And I remember one day he announced, with a look of utter transfiguration on his face, that he had found paradise on Earth in a jar with a yellow cap. And it was called Red Wing.
Christopher Buckley -
My brother Steve, who was a few years older than me, had 'Bad' on tape, and I remember listening to 'Smooth Criminal' and just thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I must have been five or six at the time, and I remember walking around school by myself thinking I was Michael Jackson. I wasn't dancing, exactly - more like walking musically.
Kevin Parker Tame Impala -
I think the seventies caught the last red rays of the dying sun of this innocence, but were already a little cold and drab.
Quentin S. Crisp