Cyril Connolly Quotes
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once, and they require separate techniques.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It happens by getting together and taking the time to know each other.
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
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Along with racial equality and the late bloom of women's rights, future generations will have to explain how, in the past, gays were misunderstood and publicly humiliated for loving each other, and, eventually, how they stood together and conquered stupidity and hypocritical hatred, and fought their way out of marginalization.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I started playing in bars when I was about 15 years old, and there are things that I saw early on that really shaped who I am.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.
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I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do.
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If I'm a guy reading a newspaper, and I hear this actor who I know gets great seats at basketball games, and he's complaining about being typecast, I think, 'Hey man, count your blessings.'
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Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.
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I enjoy seeing new places.
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And I can't wait to see where the road leads from here.
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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once, and they require separate techniques.
