Quentin Crisp Quotes
Every day someone notices me and waves to me, or stops and speaks to me, or asks me for an autograph, or photographs me.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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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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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.'
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Não tenho ambições nem desejosSer poeta não é uma ambição minhaÉ a minha maneira de estar sozinho.
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I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with 'expressing' myself with obscure creative impressions.
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Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.
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What was the future? The future was a solid wall, not promising, not threatening-all bunk. No guarantees of anything, not even the guarantee that life isn't one big joke.
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I'm for decency - period. I'm for anything and everything that bodes love and consideration for my fellow man. But when lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday - cash me out.
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Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?
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Space is really domain expansion.
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For me, it's about not being too aware of what you look like because if you are, you're trying too hard and I don't think that actually makes you look good... I've known from very early on that I don't look perfect.
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People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.
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Let's be real: more often than not, Hollywood does not have three-dimensional characters for women to play.
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I've always been happy playing in Kansas City.
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The biggest lie in the world is in answer to the question, 'How are you?' People usually say, 'I'm fine,' but that's mostly bull. Everyone wants to display being perfect. They tell themselves and their friends, 'I drive this car, I own this house, I'm fine.' People ball up into these tight wads of repression.
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I listen to all types of music so I'm influenced by everything.
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I guess I'm not saying that I think music should be free, but I do think that if people can get it for free, there's nothing anyone can do to stop them. It's kind of a waste of energy to try and force them to pay for it if they don't have to.
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Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.
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In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
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Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn.
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If I have free time, I want to go to the beach, walk around a shopping mall, go grocery shopping. Live a little bit of life.
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Every day someone notices me and waves to me, or stops and speaks to me, or asks me for an autograph, or photographs me.
