Edmund White Quotes
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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I've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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Anti-Semitism has not disappeared, and European Jews have too often come under attack.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.
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Obviously, when you get into larger budgets, you have less of that freedom, and I just - I'm not a person that tends to make stories for those larger budgets. To me, it's not much fun to have that kind of pressure.
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But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.
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At the same time as the UK Vogue one, I did a shoot that took about 40 days of friends and people I admired in Paris, for French Vogue. This is how I met Maria Schneider in June and which began our friendship.
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Don't talk about yourself so much...we'll do that when you leave.
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Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.
