Ken Livingstone Quotes
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Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling the truth. It's very difficult to do that in fiction because the whole process of writing fiction is a process of sidestepping the truth. I think he got very close to it, in his way, and I hope I've done the same in mine.
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I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
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For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.
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'EastEnders' has been wonderful to me and it's no secret that it changed my life all of those years ago. I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind; she's such a wonderful character to play. I have had the pleasure of working with a marvelous cast and crew and have made many lasting good friends.
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People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.
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I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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Really, truly, try to figure out what your palate is all about. If you've determined that you don't like dirty old stinky wine - old-world flavors - you probably like new-world fruit bombs. Stick to Shirazes and California Cabernets or Zinfandels.
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Pretty much everyone on my iPod, I'd like to be friends with. But I'd say that the main two that I'd love to get into a conversation with are Werner Herzog and Graham Hancock.
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George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
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I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. I love saying the word again and again: Jeggings! Jeggings! Jeggings!
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I'll probably always be 'Timothy Spall's son' and it's something I'm proud of. Maybe one day as well as that, they'll say of Timothy Spall that 'He's Rafe Spall's dad'.
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We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.
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Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.
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I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to make a decision what I was going to go to college for, and at the time, I also painted and sculpted. I got more attention for my performing, so I thought that was a better idea.
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Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds.
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It's rewarding being with these people, making a connection with them, and being able to take them out to the cemetery. It's just a real special time.
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One day I'm riding a bicycle in my neighborhood, the next day I auditioned for Menudo and was on a plane to perform in front of 200,000 people.
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Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
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I do the gardening.
