Quentin Crisp Quotes
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for.
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We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
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I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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My brother was going to go to England to wrestle, but then we found out they were opening a wrestling school in Bray, County Wicklow. I thought, 'I'll go along and try that.'
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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I've been fighting amidst a lot of opposition from both Hillary Clinton as well as some Republicans who wanted to send arms to the allies of ISIS. ISIS rides around in a billion dollars worth of U.S. Humvees. It's a disgrace. We've got to stop - we shouldn't fund our enemies, for goodness sakes.
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If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.
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Be generous with the credit for your achievements. The more other people feel that they are gaining from your success, the more they will continue to help and others will want to join in
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Mass-murderers are simply people who have had ENOUGH.
