Anthony Burgess Quotes
'How can slaves be sent by Allah? You all have hairless faces, the mark of the bondman.'
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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I want to be acting until the day I die!
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.
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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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My dad had to work for everything in his life; so did my mum: she cleaned people's houses and looked after old people. You can be complacent and sit on the couch and complain about the dreams that you missed. Get off the couch!
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Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.
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I don't own cable, but my TV came with a Netflix button.
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I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures.
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Cooking is one of the strongest ceremonies for life. When recipes are put together, the kitchen is a chemical laboratory involving air, fire, water and the earth. This is what gives value to humans and elevates their spiritual qualities. If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory.
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You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.
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Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.
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In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very seldom do you get a film where you can walk away from your image.
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Bear in mind how valuable a secular Turkey is for the world.
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As we get older, we tend to think it is less OK to be vulnerable and to feel what we feel. It's kind of bull. We all still feel things pretty deeply. It just becomes less socially acceptable to express that.
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When you REACT you are giving away your power. When you RESPOND you are staying in control of yourself.
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You can tell a workingman you like him, but he knows whether you are sincere or not. You can't make him believe you are interested in his welfare unless you are.
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For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
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Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on.
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We went back, afterward, after the show was over that night, I took my kids backstage and said, 'You know what? I know my dad's songs...'
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'How can slaves be sent by Allah? You all have hairless faces, the mark of the bondman.'
