Edmund White Quotes
One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
Quotes to Explore
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.
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I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.
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When I was 6, I opened my mouth and didn't stop singing. I had a voice and wanted to use it.
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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state.
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I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remember my dad telling me that it was important to always have some savings, and that stuck with me. I've always believed that putting money aside is a good thing.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
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I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.
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One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.
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But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
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All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.
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I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
