Edmund White Quotes
He's scattered, his sentences trail off, he sighs frequently, as though he's so intelligent he's always frustrated by the formulaic nature of speech (each sentence a ride you can't get off once the attendant buckles you into the car).
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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I certainly never saw myself as posh.
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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.
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There are always people who will - who will do peculiar things and think that they are doing things in the name of their religion.
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It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
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You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in Genesis chapter nine... God ordains the death penalty!
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If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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My songs are about who I am.
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For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.
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It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.
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Being real is what is important.
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The first thing I do is I check my emails and my texts. I guess I shouldn't feel guilty about it at this point; it's kind of the norm. Sometimes I'll bounce around Twitter. And if I have time, I'll catch up on the news, usually on 'Huffington Post' or 'Salon.'
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I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.
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If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.
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Exchanging bitcoin on behalf of ransomware victims should not be construed as criminal activity by the exchanger, not as a matter of law nor as sound policy. Such an interpretation would set a precedent that would surely cause real harm to the public, to the blockchain ecosystem, and to the financial services industry as a whole.
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Human nature must be changed if we are ever to have an end to war or to correct the wrong situations that make our lives uneasy and our hearts sore. Now Christianity, the power of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit of God, is the only force that can change people for good.
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He's scattered, his sentences trail off, he sighs frequently, as though he's so intelligent he's always frustrated by the formulaic nature of speech (each sentence a ride you can't get off once the attendant buckles you into the car).
