William S. Burroughs Quotes
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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From the RBI side, the fake Indian currency note is an important issue that needed to be addressed. The other collateral benefits from this, in terms of greater accountability, better public finance, more transparency, are, by definition, areas that take time to fully play out.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.
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Taking drugs on a recreation level is one thing. But taking them while you're working on a stage is, I don't think it was that great. It's the control factor. And the thing about being on stage, you really want to feel that you're sort of in control a lot. It's not a place where you want to be out of control.
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People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from raising prices to make up for that difference.
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There is a war on men, and feminists are very open about it. They don't conceal it; they brag about it. You read all of their material – they're always saying they want to abolish the patriarchy. They said that husbands are not necessary in a marriage, they're not necessary in raising children.
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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
