Julie Burchill Quotes

When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio?

Julie Burchill

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I get amazed, I can't look at it but about 10 seconds, at these politicians dancing around this, dancing around this, I'm trying to find a correct name for it, this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men.

Jimmy Swaggart

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I remember times when I was at shows and the person onstage locked eyes with me. And in that moment, everything was right with the world. I think that's part of my job, to create these thousands of moments every night. And for the rest of their life, they can say, 'You guys looked at me,' or 'You sweated on me,' or 'I got your gum.'

Joan Jett

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I like to sing along to Annie Lennox and pretend to be as sassy as her.

Sophie Thompson

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I guess I just have really tough skin.

Simone Biles

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I would say that we have not completely cracked the code of the '60s. We are still finding our way through that time.

Tom Brokaw

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I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners.

Tom Douglas

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I'm a minnow compared to Caring with all his restaurants and clubs, and good luck to him. I've met him a couple of times. I've got no personal rancour against Richard Caring at all.

Robin Birley

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My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction.

Michael Sheen

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There is a vast difference in the pay package of every actor. Actors are also exploited at various levels, but when we are established, we get paid fairly well. But at times, if an actor asks for a hike, he/she may even get boycotted.

Divyanka Tripathi

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I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars.

Broderick Crawford

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In 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' I wanted to take violence forward and play it up.

Anurag Kashyap

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I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon,' that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many.

Avi

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