Quentin Crisp Quotes
It's written into the Constitution that you're allowed to pursue happiness. In England it would be considered a frivolous objective.
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30.
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My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.
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It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
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I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
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One of the things is, in the writing process, if you do it enough, you have a sense of where you are. I didn't have that with the first book as I was writing it. Now, as I write books, I have a sense of where I am. Unfortunately, the sense of where I am is usually behind.
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It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.
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I live and die by puns.
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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
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It just supports my personal opinion that he's a wacko
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A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell him she loves him and sees blonde hairs on his collar?
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It was strange at times. We had to make out so much that we kind of got over it. It was really awkward.
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He that to nought aspires, doth nothing need;Who breaks no law is subject to no king.
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If you know what you're looking for, that's all you'll get - what's previously known. But when you're open to what's possible, you get something new - that's creativity.
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It's written into the Constitution that you're allowed to pursue happiness. In England it would be considered a frivolous objective.
