If I have any talent at all, it is not for doing but for being.
QUENTIN CRISPAnd were then to lay his own garden path diagonally from one corner to the other, that man’s soul would be lost. Originality is only to be praised when not prefaced by the look to right and left.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can’t help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what people do, you think of yourself doing it. And they don’t like that. That’s the famous joke:
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If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.
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If you don’t stay in some days, you can’t recharge your batteries.
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I never spend my time doing anything I’ll have to do again tomorrow.
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I don’t really act. I say the words the way I would say them if I meant them.
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The measure of woman’s distaste for any part of her life lies not in the loudness of her lamentations (these are only an attempt to buy a martyr’s crown at a reduced price) but in her persistent pursuit of that occupation of which she never ceases to complain.
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An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.
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It’s been agony but I couldn’t have done it any other way.
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The gymnasiacs of Venice, in California, are so addicted to these practices that there has arisen a nation of men who can no longer put their arms against their sides
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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people.
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Flowers are words even a baby can understand.
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You don’t have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.
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Never get involved with someone who wants to change you
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The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only have to take stock of what you consider your assets but you also have to take a long look at what your friends call “the trouble with you.” Nevertheless, the journey is worth making.
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