Quentin Crisp Quotes
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America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
I get bored easily.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
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I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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I grew up in New York.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.
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In school, I had a tough time fitting in, and dancing was my way of being in my own element. As a teenager, I became a bit disillusioned with it. Even with competitions, I'd win, but still there would be tears.
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Obviously, there are moments that you look back at and cringe - things in the past involving violence or disrespect to women or disrespect to other people that are so far away from what I want to put out there now. But it's actually a privilege to be able to change and be making records that reflect that change.
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One cannot help the evil thoughts that come, but it is the thoughts we cultivate that make the difference between good or evil. We don't have to open the door to the devil and say, "Make yourself at home."
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.
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We work so hard on our craft, and once we get out of Duke Ellington, there are not going to be people looking for technique. I worry about that a lot.
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Posing was the first job I did in which I understood what I was doing.
