Joe Orton famous quotes
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The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.
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I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.
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On our way home we were waiting for the bus when a very fat, pompous-looking woman reeled out of a pub shouting, "Melancholia? Ad nauseam.
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Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.
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People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . . There's nothing incredible about it.
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Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision.
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It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.
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With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience.
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FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.
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I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.
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You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.
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Cleanse my heart... Give me the ability to rage correctly
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Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.
-- Joe Orton
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