Kingsley Amis Quotes
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Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
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God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'm enjoying every moment of my life. We are so fortunate just to be alive.
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You either know fashion or you don't.
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I come from straight theater.
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I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level.
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Socialism may have failed as an economic theory, but global warming alarmism, with its dire warnings about the consequences of industry and consumerism, is equally a rebuke to capitalism.
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What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?
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I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first.
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I think it is funny that we were freer about sexuality in the 4th century B.C. It is a little disconcerting.
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There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it’s time to move forward.
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Comedy is a blood sport. It flays the truth and spurts twisted logic. In America, people become comics because we don't have bullfighting.
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The worst way to read, he said, is with the thought that you do not have enough time. The only way to read is in the knowledge that there is an infinite amount of time stretching ahead, and that if one wishes to taste only afew sentences per day one is free to do so.
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As we let our light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying... Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help.
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America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks.
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I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.
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If I did a Rock record, it would be equally as truthful because I love Rock. I had to actually sing to Bon Jovi one time and I felt like he believed me. He's one of my favorite artists, so there's nothing better than the truth.
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He who knows not how to plant his will in things at least endows them with some meaning: that is to say, he believes that a will is already present in them (A principle of faith.)
