Quentin Crisp Quotes
The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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I do get recognized, more and more every day.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
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Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
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People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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I haven't had many relationships.
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No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
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In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.
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I did three years training for stage in drama school.
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A strong emotion, especially if experienced for the first time, leaves a vivid memory of the scene where it occurred.
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I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
