Quentin Crisp Quotes
In England, the system is benign and the people are hostile. In America, the people are friendlyand the system is brutal!
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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'Islamism' itself is such a broad and nearly meaningless word as used by the mainstream Western press, including everything from Turkey's AKP party to al Qaeda.
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We are driven by providing technology to enterprise customers.
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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L.A.'s always been good to me.
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When you watch a film, a huge part of it is the music and the coloring and everything that comes together to create such a unique film. So, reading the script, I had no idea what it was gonna be.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
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I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
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I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
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It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you're going away.
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We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past.
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Nothing makes you feel more stupid than finding out you were wrong when you thought you were loved.
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In England, the system is benign and the people are hostile. In America, the people are friendlyand the system is brutal!
