Edmund White Quotes
I think I could be a cook. Everybody always says I'm good, though I think it's quite gruelling as a profession.
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Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.
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There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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I knew very early on that I wasn't Brad Pitt.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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After defining an idea of what I want to achieve, through a series of storyboard images, I'll go to the ends of the earth to create it, whether that involves obscure camera lenses or the latest electronic techniques.
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I don't envy young actors.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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The possibility that terrorist groups could obtain weapons of mass destruction should not be dismissed as a fiction. This is a horrific threat the international community should take seriously. As long as these weapons exist, so, too, does the risk of their use - by accident or design.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.
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Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out to get more grant money by exaggerating the threats.
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Having really good ideas comes from being able to listen to everybody else and see what their ideas are, because they're coming from a completely different place. That's always been important. It's part of being in a band.
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I think I could be a cook. Everybody always says I'm good, though I think it's quite gruelling as a profession.
