Augusten Burroughs Quotes
I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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Accept loss forever.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.
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We have proclaimed to the world our determination 'to die freemen, rather than to live slaves.' We have appealed to Heaven for the justice of our cause, and in Heaven we have placed our trust.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good.
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I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot.
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From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?
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My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money.
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I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.
