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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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
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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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I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
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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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Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
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Mankind is divided into two basic sorts: those who find the unknown future threatening ... and those who find it thrilling. The rupture between those two sides has been responsible for most of the bloodshed in history.
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When you're a large black man in Hollywood, the obvious stereotype is one of force and menace.
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In 1999 and 2000, when I was a young editorial writer at the 'Post', the 'Post' won the public service medal two years running.
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'How can slaves be sent by Allah? You all have hairless faces, the mark of the bondman.'
