Edmund White Quotes
Perhaps I became so vague, so exhilarated with vagueness, precisely in order to forestall a recognition of the final term of the syllogism that begins: If one man loves another he is a homosexual; I love a man...
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.
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The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with.
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My party is committed to a federation.
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You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
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I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.
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The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
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America is a world leader, but we should not be its policeman or ATM.
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My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too.
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Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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Now pray tell me what Time is? ...Time (to speak abstractedly) is the continuance of any Thing in its own Being. But some Things continue longer in their Beings than others... Time absolutely... is Quantity, as admitting in some Manner the chief Affections of Quantity: Equality, Inequality, and Proportion...
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To really belong, we have got, first, to get it clear with ourselves that we do not belong and do not want to belong to an unfree world. As free men and women we have got to reject much of it and to know why we are rejecting it.
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If anyone thinks we have become tired, let me say that we are a struggling nation, a fighting nation, a patient nation.
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Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.
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The brassy wood-pigeonsBubble their colourful voices, and the sunRises upon a world well-tried and old.
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I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving certificate but I don't spend my evenings diving for a rubber brick with my pyjamas on.
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Every education law should be based around the question, 'Is this good for children?' And it's not.
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When you're on the pop treadmill, you don't always feel that cool because you have to do things to promote the record that aren't necessarily your environment.
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Our aim is to get people to enjoy 'Bake Off' at home and for our bakers to enjoy what they are doing. We don't want to catch them out. It's a very happy occasion, and it's about encouraging people to bake at home.
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Perhaps I became so vague, so exhilarated with vagueness, precisely in order to forestall a recognition of the final term of the syllogism that begins: If one man loves another he is a homosexual; I love a man...
