Kingsley Amis Quotes
It is not extraordinary that the extraterrestrial origin of women was a recurrent theme of science fiction.
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I went through a lot in middle school, and you always try so many different looks and try to be so many different people. I finally realized I'm awkward, I'm lanky, and I'm going to embrace it - make fun of myself and just laugh.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.
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Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back and hear a demo of it and they'll say, 'Aw that sounds so much better than the final mix.'
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I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.
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I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah. I've heard that so much, growing up in a house with poetry. But I think people like to use that as a shortcut for who's good and who's not. It's like the word 'lyrical' - 'lyrical' is the worst word in the entire world.
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There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.
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The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they have found the casket empty and turned away with feelings of disappointment and disgust.
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Nobody wants to be against technology, but I think that regulators should not - and people should not - assume that faster is always better in markets.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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I didn't harbor a huge desire to become a chef until I graduated from college.
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We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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I decided to be an actress, and the day after, I was an actress. That was quick and very scary at the same time. When 'Obscure Object of Desire' came out in France, I felt guilty for my friends at the National School who weren't in the movies. The whole thing was turmoil.
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It is not extraordinary that the extraterrestrial origin of women was a recurrent theme of science fiction.
