Life Quote by Quentin Crisp

“I learned very early in life that I was always going to need people more than they needed me”

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You can behave as badly as you like in America. Nobody notices.

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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

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“Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who, before anything has reared its ugly…

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I am the last of Britain's stately homos.

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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

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Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in…

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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.

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Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind.

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Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

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Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people.

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Sex is the last refuge of the misreable.

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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…

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