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

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Source : Tim Fountain, Quentin Crisp (2001). “Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp Explains it All”, MIT Press

Quentin Crisp

#Inspirational Quotes #Levels Quotes #Dignity Quotes

“Forgotten tones of love recur to us, and kind glances shine out of the past--oh so bright and clear!--oh so longed after!--because they are out of reach; as holiday music from within a prison wall--or sunshine seen through the bars; more prized because unattainable--more bright because of the contrast of present darkness and solitude, whence there is no escape.”
“When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.”
“Examine thus yourself from every side. Note harmful thoughts and every futile striving. Thus it is that heroes in the bodhisattva path Apply the remedies to keep a steady mind.”
“I'm a big fan of Beyonce and Rihanna. I've listened to Beyonce all my life, and she's a big influence on me.”

Source : "Clare Maguire, Katy B and the Pierces: pop's new queens in waiting". Interview with Caroline Sullivan, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2010.
“I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.”
“Your life is a learning process - you can only become wiser from learning. Sometimes you might have to attract making a painful mistake to learn something important, but after the mistake you have far greater wisdom. Wisdom cannot be bought with money - it can only be acquired through living life. With wisdom comes strength, courage, knowing, and an ever-increasing peace.”
“The girl must early be impressed with the idea that she is to be "a hand, not a mouth"; a worker, and not a drone, in the great hive of human activity. Like the boy, she must be taught to look forward to a life of self-dependence, and early prepare herself for some trade or profession.”
“Good health is not the absence of symptoms, it is the presence of peace.”

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