Quentin Crisp Quotes

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Quentin Crisp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 25, 1908 - November 21, 1999

Topics

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I'm not as cool as I'm supposed to be.

Joe Mauer

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I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.

Johann Lamont

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What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.

John Berger

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In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change.

John Naisbitt

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I'm following a real event and real people.

John Landis

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I think I always have Woody Allen in mind whenever I'm creating anything. He's such a genius, and I think 'Annie Hall' is one of the greatest movies ever written.

John Leguizamo

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We know that BP cuts safety corners, takes risks, and is unconcerned about anything other than their own profit.

Robert Greenwald

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Writing is a form of activism.

Angie Thomas

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If you look at the economics of Nokia, roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think about the business is focused on those emerging markets and on those lower-priced devices. But, of course, people who are aspirational and buying those lower-priced devices today are looking at smart phones tomorrow, and so forth.

Stephen Elop

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Originally I was not writing songs for myself.

Smokey Robinson

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The advantage of knowing about risks is that we can change our behavior to avoid them. Of course, it is easily observed that to avoid all risks would be impossible; it might entail no flying, no driving, no walking, eating and drinking only healthy foods, and never being touched by sunshine. Even a bath could be dangerous.

Robert F. Engle

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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.

Mary J. Blige

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