Quentin S. Crisp Quotes
If we do want to do that [ colonise space to survive, ], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us.
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I believed I was invincible.
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In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to include the Roma.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose.
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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I can paint in jail.
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
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Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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And you can't complain about kissing Emma Watson. Isn't that what everyone in the world wants to do? I've known Emma for a few years. She's this amazing capacity of young and vibrant and brilliant, but also a bright, intelligent old soul.
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My closest friends today are, in fact, my friends from college.
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I think the fashion industry and the media industry in general have a responsibility to make sure that they celebrate the rich differences in all our backgrounds to make sure we don't fall into the trap of reducing beauty to one specific mold.
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It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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I still have the drive. I just want to push the barriers and see what I can do and how far I can go. I am just determined and driven.
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If we do want to do that [ colonise space to survive, ], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us.
