Anthony Burgess Quotes
It began to worry me that I could never possibly settle in England now, not after Tokyo nude-shows and sliced green chillies, brown children sluicing at the road-pump, the air-conditioned hum in bedrooms big as ballrooms, negligible income-tax, curry tiffins, being the big man in the big car, the bars of all the airports of Africa and the East.
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We must never bend too much.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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I don't want to become known as just a body.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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I'm not averse to telling people off.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
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It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
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One is forced to remember how far from 'self-expression' great poems are - what a strange compromise between the demands of the self, the world, and Poetry they actually represent.
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The enhanced features of our ad products would require sufficient understanding from our sales force, advertisers, and agencies. To facilitate this, we have held multiple training sessions internally and road show events externally.
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As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit
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Spanx are amazing. Thank you to the inventor of that.
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It began to worry me that I could never possibly settle in England now, not after Tokyo nude-shows and sliced green chillies, brown children sluicing at the road-pump, the air-conditioned hum in bedrooms big as ballrooms, negligible income-tax, curry tiffins, being the big man in the big car, the bars of all the airports of Africa and the East.
