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Julie Burchill Quotes

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: british
Birth: July 3, 1959

Topics

Youth Suicide Growing Old Growing

I start a book and I want to make it perfect, want it to turn every color, want it to be the world. Ten pages in, I've already blown it, limited it, made it less, marred it. That's very discouraging. I hate the book at that point.

Hate World Start Book Color Perfect

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

Stephane Mallarme

Words Poetry Ideas You Poem Make

That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic.

Hope Community Health People Book

I carry lots of guilt.

Guilt Carry Lots

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

Respect People Actor Difficult Saw

In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do - not simply to agree that kindness is better than cruelty.

Kindness Better Need Cruelty Shape

Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist.

Mikhail Bakunin

God Liberty Way Human Serve Exist

I grew up in a home where animals were ever-present and often dominated our lives. There were always horses, dogs, and cats, as well as a revolving infirmary of injured wildlife being nursed by my sister the aspiring vet.

Home Cats Sister Animals Wildlife

I don't want to have to be a teacher so I can be a comedian.

Teacher I Can Want Comedian

Because civilizations are finite, in the life of each of them there comes a moment when the center ceases to hold. What keeps them at such times from disintegration is not legions but language.

Life Moment Language Hold Center

I've always sort of thought that politics was a high and noble calling and a good thing to do.

Good Politics Thought High Noble

I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making it, whether it's pop or jazz or hip-hop.

Music Jazz Hip-Hop Listen Something

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