Quentin Crisp Quotes
I started to shed the monstrous aesthetic affectation of my youth so as to make room for the monstrous philistine postures of middle age, but it was some years before I was bold enough to decline an invitation to 'Hamlet' on the grounds that I knew who won.Quentin Crisp
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
Vikas Swarup -
I've come to realize I'm more spiritual than I am religious. What I mean by this: As far as praying to God goes, I'm more about looking inside for inner guidance - tapping into our own abundantly powerful inner resources - which, I suppose, is where some might say God does indeed reside.
Karen Salmansohn -
I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
Dan Fogler -
The last Pan Am Games in 2011 was one of the best experiences in my career. It was the first time women's boxing was in the Pan Am Games and any major games, and I had the opportunity to box in the first women's boxing fight and then went on to win gold.
Mandy Bujold -
Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse than false-positive errors.
Malcolm Gladwell -
I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
Randy Travis
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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
E. M. Forster -
It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.
Caitriona Balfe -
I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
Jack Kemp -
It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
Kate Christensen -
The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
Iggy Pop
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey -
One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.
Ingrid Newkirk -
I had saved a lot of money working at Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Chip Cookies, ushering at the Golden Gate Theatre, and doing odd jobs so I could live in New York for a few months. If it ran out, I would have to give up and go home. It turned out OK. I got my Equity card and started working.
B. D. Wong -
My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
Tamara Ecclestone -
If my drug Ragaglitazar had been successful, we would have been getting royalties of thousands of crore rupees every year.
Kallam Anji Reddy -
I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.
Zoe Saldana
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I've been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five - I was the evil queen in 'Once Upon a Mattress.'
Lilla Crawford -
The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature that might more obviously qualify as 'religious.'
John Drane -
Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.
Kevin Spacey -
My first job was working for my dad. He was a used-car dealer, and I used to wash the cars down, clean them out, and so on. I would do stuff for him pretty much every day. It was quite a good job, to be honest.
Tyson Fury -
I started to shed the monstrous aesthetic affectation of my youth so as to make room for the monstrous philistine postures of middle age, but it was some years before I was bold enough to decline an invitation to 'Hamlet' on the grounds that I knew who won.
Quentin Crisp