Anthony Burgess Quotes
His heart beating faster, his throat drying, Nabby whispered to the driver, ‘Not so bloody fast.’ ‘Tuan?’ ‘All right, all right.’ One of these days he must really get down to the language. There never seemed to be the time, somehow....
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!
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Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
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Divorce is never easy, but it's even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.
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I thought that the older I got, that partying would change - and it has - in the way that now I know how to party.
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I want my children to be proud of their father and to say, 'My father is the best dad in the world.' And I want them to belong to a modern family, and live a path of happiness and calm.
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His heart beating faster, his throat drying, Nabby whispered to the driver, ‘Not so bloody fast.’ ‘Tuan?’ ‘All right, all right.’ One of these days he must really get down to the language. There never seemed to be the time, somehow....
