Anthony Burgess Quotes
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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I just sing what I feel in my heart. I ain't trying to prove nothing, and I don't think I ever did.
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Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.
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Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.
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My biggest benching was before the 2012 Olympics. It kind of came out of nowhere. I just kind of had one bad half, 45 minutes, and it pretty much cost me my starting spot.
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I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!
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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
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I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and made up many tales involving 'Gory the Goblin' and other creatures that I borrowed from the Grimms' tales and other tales I knew.
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The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the enjoyment of the everyday for some future goal.
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We need a Palestinian state - that is the ultimate goal, and this is the position of all the European Union.
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The first two projects I did out of my dorm room were mock film soundtracks.
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Frank Miller and David Mack are incredible artists.
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I think of L.A. as truly the melting pot. It's basically a mini-country unto itself.
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I've got a lot that I want to do, so I would like to expand my empire, for sure. I love it.
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Perfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life.
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In 1559, Duke Frederick III was summoned before the Emperor Ferdinand I at Breslau to answer the accusations of extravagance and oppression brought against him by the Silesian Estates and was deposed, imprisoned, and his son Henry XI given the Ducal crown instead.
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Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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The dog now slept, occasionally farting very gently.
