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Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making.
Quentin Crisp
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Quentin Crisp
Age: 90 †
Born: 1908
Born: December 25
Died: 1999
Died: November 21
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Daniel Pratt
Denis Charles Pratt
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.
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If I were God - and I never understand why I'm not - I should say, Shop around, I don't think you'll find a better bargain than here.
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Fear and hatred do not seem to find expression in tears.
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If you live in America, you don't have to work. You can just drift along in the smiling and nodding racket.
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Politics are not an instrument for effecting social change they are the art of making the inevitable appear to be a matter of wise human choice.
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What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.
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To love another person you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.
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England is very dreary, but I'm a people person.
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