Quentin Crisp Quotes
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I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.
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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
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I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.
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No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate. But freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion. And I think that anything we can do to promote the idea that people should express their faith is a good thing.
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I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
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There's a restaurant I go to whenever I can called The Richmond Cafe. It's a little Thai restaurant owned by a group of Thai women - I think they're all a family, and they're just really, really nice, and they make amazing massaman curry.
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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I adore Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs. Eddie was the only one who called me when they were doing 'American Reunion' and told me, 'You need to do this.'
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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I think it's important that things are flawed.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Play as well as you can; that's it, as opposed to creating these odd paranoias, trying to be something you're not.
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I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
