Quentin Crisp Quotes
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
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I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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I know this will blow your mind, but most people would probably never ever get it, but I listen to classical music when nobody else is around. It calms me down and I can get into this, like, deep thinking mode, you know, because there's really no lyrics to it, so you're not following something that - that you're listening to a story.
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There's no such thing as 'too much TV,' unless we're all spending more and not watching more.
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I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
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I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.
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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.
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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going.
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As President Bush just said, a great nation doesn’t shy from the truth. It strengthens us. It emboldens us. It should fortify us.
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Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love.
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There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders.
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Penn & Teller don't know jack about global warming.
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Nobody thinks that there were never mechanical horses in the world. Everybody knows that there aren't really golems.
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Bit by bit, I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality.
