Anthony Burgess Quotes
Ah, well, if they wanted their adultery, what did it matter to me? I hadn’t much room to talk, anyway, with my five-pound prostitutes who did a bunk and the Japanese girls who cost far less and didn’t do a bunk and whatever I was likely to pick up in Colombo.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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My 'Big Bang Theory' costar Johnny Galecki went off the grid. He bought a huge ranch and goes there every weekend. He keeps telling me to do the same thing, but I don't know if I'm that committed. The Valley is as far off the grid as I'm going to go.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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Now my goal is to be strong. I get two classes in a week, and they'll be either barre or reformer Pilates.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
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I'm very good in math, and I'm a logical thinker. I don't get wrapped up in things or even wrapped up in myself.
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When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so our home was a virtual library, covering every author from Beverly Cleary to James Michener.
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As attorney general, I don't get to pick and choose the laws I like and don't like.
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I think standing and fighting and working alongside all of these people that raise their right hand and serve their nation... really wipes away the distractions of some of the petty things we think are important at home.
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If you have time to chatter, Read books. If you have time to read, Walk into mountain, desert and ocean. If you have time to walk, Sing songs and dance. If you have time to dance, Sit quietly, you Happy Lucky Idiot.
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Ah, well, if they wanted their adultery, what did it matter to me? I hadn’t much room to talk, anyway, with my five-pound prostitutes who did a bunk and the Japanese girls who cost far less and didn’t do a bunk and whatever I was likely to pick up in Colombo.
