Anthony Burgess Quotes
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
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Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.'
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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I want to play James Bond – are you kidding me? I'm putting my name in the ring!
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I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attention to it, you know, with three kids. I thought it was tragic when the Kyoto Protocol was killed by the U.S. It was sort of a call to action.
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New York's definitely got my heart.
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Modeling is exciting, but I certainly felt frustrated that I couldn't speak out or express myself. I always wanted to express my desires in some other medium.
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Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch television, I didn't go to the cinema. My friends would ring and say: 'What are you doing?' And I would say: 'I've just got to finish this chapter.'
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I get in fights with my sister all the time. She comes on the road with me and we fight - like sisters do.
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I took a Ferrari under the 405 freeway. We took rent-a-cars through the desert. That was fun.
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I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.
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I shake hands on the first date.
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The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
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The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human beings have an inherent tendency towards violence both towards their fellow human beings and towards the creation itself. The story tells us that this violence grieves God.
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I want to fight Gilbert Melendez.
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Though the views of members of the House and Senate are as divergent as the people we represent, we bear the responsibility to work through our political differences and get things done. That's our job.
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'You mean,' said ‘Che Ramli, 'he is a member of the tribe of the prophet Lot.'
