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The world was very feminine when I was young. And now it's very masculine.
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
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Daniel Pratt
Denis Charles Pratt
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To say a thing is natural is to condone it, never to praise it.
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I have to realise that as I am only English and am allowed to live in America, I have to give something in return. And since I cannot build a hospital, or endow a university, I can only give my infinite availability.
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I would never go to a place and live there because the weather was good or the scenery was beautiful or the architecture was wonderful. I would only go because the people are kind, and in America, everybody's your friend and happiness rains down from the sky.
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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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The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
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I've always lived in the same way.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
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To lose is not always failure.
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I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.
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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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The Scots are very hospitable almost as hospitable as the Americans.
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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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Men get laid, but women get screwed.
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Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.
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The idea that He would take his attention away from the universe in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds is just so unlikely I can't go along with it.
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I've never not been famous.
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It's been agony but I couldn't have done it any other way.
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When asked, 'Shall I tell my mother I'm gay?', I reply, 'Never tell your mother anything.
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