Quentin Crisp Quotes
It's a strange situation, but people will pay your fare to get you to go and tell them how to be happy.
Quotes to Explore
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.
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I am not going to say much about the film 'Maidentrip,' but I won't be representing it, as I am not fully standing behind it.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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No two wars are identical.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I guess I'm a bit of a fantasist and a daydreamer - all sorts of things come to me during the day.
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I have a hard time with abstractions. I always go to the personal.
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At other times it feels like being mildly drunk, or concussed. There is a sort of invisible blanket between the world and me. I find it hard to take in what anyone says.
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And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.
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It's a strange situation, but people will pay your fare to get you to go and tell them how to be happy.
