There is nobody in the world that you can’t get if you really concentrate on it, if you really want them. You’ve got to want it to the exclusion of everything else.
TRUMAN CAPOTEIt may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends.
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I remember things the way they should have been.
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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
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Most people don’t find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Everybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
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A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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A boy has to peddle his book.
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Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can’t stand it for some reason.
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Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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