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I am the last of Britain's stately homos.

Quentin Crisp

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Quentin Crisp
Age: 90 †
Born: 1908
Born: December 25
Died: 1999
Died: November 21
Actor
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Film Actor
Graphic Designer
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Sutton
London
Daniel Pratt
Denis Charles Pratt
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No effort is required to define or even attain happiness, but enormous concentration is needed to abandon everything else.
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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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It's written into the Constitution that you're allowed to pursue happiness. In England it would be considered a frivolous objective.
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