Cyril Connolly Quotes
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones.
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It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism.
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If I don't document something, it's usually either for a good reason, or a bad reason. In this case it's a good reason.
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There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.
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What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.
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You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
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Senators say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets.
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There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.