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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Make-up is actually something I've always really loved.
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I feel like there are actually a lot of relationships between a website and a film in terms of designing an experience for a screen.
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Don't sit there and wallow in woe-is-me stuff that happened in your past. Move forward. Face whatever you're afraid of. Or deal with it.
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I don't give any merit to criticism. 'Country Girls (Shake it for Me),' I can see where people view that as sexist, but I just view that as having fun.
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I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my mind off things.
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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.
