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Los Angeles is just New York lying down.
Quentin Crisp
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Quentin Crisp
Age: 90 †
Born: 1908
Born: December 25
Died: 1999
Died: November 21
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Sutton
London
Daniel Pratt
Denis Charles Pratt
York
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Angeles
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Exhibitionists have no friends, no friends at all.
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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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To love another person you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.
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I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!
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Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan.
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