Anthony Burgess Quotes
'How can slaves be sent by Allah? You all have hairless faces, the mark of the bondman.'
Quotes to Explore
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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 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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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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Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.
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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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All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America. And undocumented immigrants who desperately want to embrace those responsibilities see little option but to remain in the shadows, or risk their families being torn apart.
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I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger.
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Watch out for the medallions, my diamonds is reckless, feels like a midget is hangin' from my necklace.
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Performing was how I was able to release this pain I had.
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I will continue to speak out against the views of both Limbaugh and Hannity when I feel it's warranted, meeting their free speech with my own. But I will never forget that, without them, I'd have a much smaller platform on which to do it.
