Anthony Burgess Quotes
After all, what bit of money I’ve made has been made among mosquitoes and sand-flies, snakes in the bedroom, long monotonous damp heat, boredom, exasperation with native clerks. Who are these sweet stay-at-homes, sweet well-contents, to try and suck it out of me and feel aggrieved if they can’t have it?
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.
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I feel very keenly the eyes of the foreign media on our country. And I think a lot of Japanese people feel that things are not working the way they should. When the time comes, I will put myself forward.
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If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
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My coldest days, my darkest days, ain't no sun out, all I got is my fans. They the only people I ride for. Believe it or not, if you're a real Fat Joe fan, a Terror Squad fan, I do it for ya'll.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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New Year's Eve was always a big occasion at home with the family. Every year we would get the karaoke machine out and I'd entertain everyone, even as a young kid.
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Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
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I'm the baddest among the bad guys.
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I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm going to stay.
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Hell is paved with good intentions.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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The person passionate about what he or she is doing will outwork and outlast the guy motivated solely by making money.
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My music appeals in America. There is less of the purist criticism I get here. And to be a hit in the U.S... what singer doesn't have that dream?
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Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.
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After all, what bit of money I’ve made has been made among mosquitoes and sand-flies, snakes in the bedroom, long monotonous damp heat, boredom, exasperation with native clerks. Who are these sweet stay-at-homes, sweet well-contents, to try and suck it out of me and feel aggrieved if they can’t have it?
