Edmund White Quotes
The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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The good people look for challenges. When teaching becomes a prestigious profession, then you'll get good people.
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive.
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.
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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
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It's difficult to act in a language that's not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it and feel confident with it.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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Getting a new passport took me a stupid amount of time. I had to go back five times with different photographs because they kept saying I was smiling, which is against the rules. I was not smiling.
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It is noble to pity a man who is cruel because he is weak, but it is idiotic and dangerous to allow him to have power.
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If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.
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The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.
