Cyril Connolly Quotes

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

Cyril Connolly

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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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• 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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• There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

  

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• The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.

  

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• I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden.

  

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• I'm interested in philosophical psychology, people like Nietzsche, Freud, Alcan, Foucault, Derrida.

  

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• To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless, you lost the good that lay within your grasp.

  

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• If they love you, they will do what you wish,but only WHEN they want to. If they fear you, they will do what you wish EXACTLY when you wish. So, is it better to love or fear you?

  

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  • Love
  • Fear
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• There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

  

  Cyril Connolly
  • Fear