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Cyril Connolly Quotes

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: english
Birth: September 10, 1903 - November 26, 1974

Topics

Passion Happy Be Happy Illusion Want

I understand that some people like certain things more than others, but by the time you are an adult, you really should be able to sit down and eat pretty much anything.

Time People You Down Understand Eat

Growing up, I remember the 'Cheers' finale and 'M*A*S*H' and all these amazing finales, and I remember them being very, very important.

Amazing Growing Up Remember Growing

I attribute the black tones in my films to Stephen King, Tim Burton, Joe Hill and Richard Matheson. However, most of my writing is influenced by mental health. I'm incredibly passionate about shedding light on the stigmas associated with mental illnesses.

Health Light King Writing Black

Being trans comes at a high cost, but being black and trans can cost you your life.

Life Black You High Cost Being

I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors.

John Shelton Reed

People Black Heritage I Can Want

I'm, for real, the biggest En Vogue fan.

Real Fan Vogue Biggest

I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.

Myself Pressure More Than Anyone

If I start tracing, I bet I will find a writer in my family tree.

Family Tree Start Find Will Writer

Apparently, I've been considered a recluse.

Been Recluse Apparently Considered

I would like to think that in America, as time goes on, you gain freedom, not lose freedom.

Mary Steenburgen

Freedom Time Think America You Lose

I just eat healthy and try not to eat late at night. And I exercise as well. That's a big change for me; I work out a lot.

Work Change Me Night Exercise Late

If we are to maintain our position as a global economic leader, we've got to end the govern-by-crisis mentality that sets us back instead of moving us forward.

Leader Moving Forward End Back Us

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