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Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep. – Quentin Crisp

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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change. – Quentin Crisp

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There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know the third is that you cant think what to do with the long winter evenings. – Quentin Crisp

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I dont want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court. – Vince Carter

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The more you make fun of yourself and dont try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you. – James Van Der Beek

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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. – William Hazlitt

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As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: This is me playing this character. And arent I fantastic! I dont feel that so much now. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies. – Elmer Rice

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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. – Joseph Brodsky

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In the society of men the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is no longer possible if it is not a lie. – R. D. Laing

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I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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