"I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S."

-- Emily Mortimer

#Cynical Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Inheritance Quotes

“But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.”
“An objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is ... well, aimless wandering.”
“A tear today is an investment in a laugh tomorrow.”
“A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.”
“Why wait to be memorable?”
“the tormented world cries out for internationhood, for co-existence in a harmony of diversity and mutual aid, for an end to self-segregation along secondary or superficial or downright imbecilic lines.”

Source : Clara Fraser (1998). “Revolution, She Wrote”, p.138, Red Letter Press
“I guess I have no motivation to make an abstract painting, even if they sometimes read as abstract. I think, with abstraction, it's easy to fall into a sort of pastiche.”

Source : Interview With Laura Hoptman, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 15, 2013.
“Imaginatively Glasgow exists as a music hall song and a few bad novels.”

Source : Alasdair Gray, Joy Hendry (1991). “Chapman”

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