Cyril Connolly Quotes
A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant or ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality. Neurotics are heartless.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I have never played a role in which someone's dark side shouldn't be explored.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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I think, unfortunately, many opinion leaders in Germany - including government officials, politicians, social service bureaucrats and so forth - they are in the private system, and they get paid the private insurance by their employer. So for them this is the best of two worlds: They have some more expensive and privileged access, but they do not have to pay for it themselves. This is a system which is both inefficient and unfair at the same time, but it is defended by those who profit from this system, and this includes many opinion leaders and many politicians.
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It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.
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I'd assumed that a deal was a deal when Princeton admitted me, but I was wrong. The price of getting in - to the university itself, and to the great world it promised to open up - was an endless dunning for nebulous services that weren't included in the initial quote.
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Making music is like being the president: You can't tell people you're going to make health care free to get them behind you, but when you get that role, you don't do it.
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Quentin wanted to create this special world in which everybody walks around with a samurai sword, extras in the airport, a special little place in the airplane to stick your samurai sword.
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A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant or ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality. Neurotics are heartless.
