Cecil Beaton Quotes
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I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.
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I'm a holy man minus the holiness.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
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I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me.
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I used to love dogs until I discovered cats.
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It's cool having a little bit of money to do your thing.
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Caffeine. The gateway drug.
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I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now.
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I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.
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I accomplished what I set out to do. I wanted the whole cookie, and I got it. Now I want to spend more time with my children - make sure they don't go through what I did.
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Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.
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Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing.
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Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept.
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There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if they just love Celtic music, but there's some places where there's just awesome crowds.
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When I was 9, I asked my mom if I could be on TV. She was like, 'Well, okay. You can try.'
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Don't let those fools blow your cool! Stay righteous to yourself and follow your dreams no matter what! Life is beautiful if you make it that way.
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