Alan Hollinghurst Quotes
I was rather a goody-goody as a child... It was only later on I discovered that you could be naughty and get away with it.
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To me, 'Underground Luxury' is kinda like a contrasting title, and the reason for that is because on this album I plan on introducing to people and reintroducing to people the side of me that they didn't see on the first album.
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The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
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Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me because flying the Enterprise for seven years in Star Trek and sitting in Cerebro in X-men has led people to believe that I know what I'm talking about. But I'm still trying to work out how to operate the air conditioning unit on my car.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
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I'd always gone to the theater as a child every month to see whatever was on. I think that's where the passion for it came from.
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There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.
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When I'm out the street, I get people whispering behind me, 'Isn't that Jennifer Lawrence?' I should start doing autographs - although if you stood us side by side, you wouldn't make that mistake.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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I don't drink tea or coffee. I'm like a child: I like fruit juices and sodas and creamy hot chocolate.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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I was rubbish at school.
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I am a shadow’s shade, a lunatic, perhaps. Of two dark moons.
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We're trying to stretch the supply of vaccine, but to be perfectly honest, if a pandemic occurs tomorrow, we can cover 4 million people.
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I never realized how closely connected the body and heart are until I met him.
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I don't like to see players tossed off needlessly.
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I was rather a goody-goody as a child... It was only later on I discovered that you could be naughty and get away with it.
