Quentin Crisp Quotes
I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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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 really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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War is over if you want it.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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Learning difficulties are a cover for rich parents with dumb kids...That's why 'Pinch' Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, is alleged to have dyslexia - because he's retarded.
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Rising prices or wages do not cause inflation; they only report it. They represent an essential form of economic speech, sincemoney isjust another form of information.
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I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.
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The secret of living a full life is to be fully engaged, moment to moment, to have something in your life that engages you so that there's nothing missing.
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Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
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I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.
