Edmund White Quotes
Characters - conventional women with minor eccentricities - flourished in our world, as Mrs. Cork had no doubt observed. But she'd failed to notice that the characters were all old, rich and pedigreed. Newcomers, especially those of moderate means, were expected to form an attractive but featureless chorus behind our few madcap divas.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I like being unconventional.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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I feel the audience are friends that have come to see us. That was always how we look on it in the Carter Family. I've never suffered stage fright.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Vote, v. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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As a day well spent procures a happy sleep, so a life well employed procures a happy death.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
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I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters.
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Characters - conventional women with minor eccentricities - flourished in our world, as Mrs. Cork had no doubt observed. But she'd failed to notice that the characters were all old, rich and pedigreed. Newcomers, especially those of moderate means, were expected to form an attractive but featureless chorus behind our few madcap divas.
