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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Some divorcees turn their pain inward. They brood, and they grieve for a long time, always wondering if they could have done something differently to keep this from happening. They make every problem in their relationship into something they could have prevented.
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All I'm about is winning.
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How much can you give to him when you get so little in return? Eventually I fear you’ll go dry and end up hating him.
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It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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Nobody thought I would be a great coach.
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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.
