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I approach my life with logic...

I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And then I can't think what came over me, but I did this or that or the other.' I nearly always know how I will act and I nearly always act in that way. I don't catch myself out in embarrassing situations because I've acted without forethought. I calculate what I will do.

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I never saw Portsmouth by day...

I never saw Portsmouth by day.

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I went out into the world whe...

I went out into the world when I was about 22. I wrote books and I illustrated books and did book covers, and I taught tap-dancing, and I was a model in the art school. I had no ability for any of those things, but what else could I do?

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Charisma is the ability to in...

Charisma is the ability to influence without logic.

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The key is never, never work....

The key is never, never work. Nothing is more aging than work. It's not only the strain of getting up in the morning for work, but it's the resentment that settles on your face

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The absolute nothingness of d...

The absolute nothingness of death is a blessing. Something to look forward to.

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I was amazed to receive later...

I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!

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Now you can leave home at any...

Now you can leave home at any time you like.Your mother comes down and finds a picture of the Eiffel Tower on her plate. And she says, 'Oh! Rosemary's gone to Paris. No wonder the bathroom was so tidy.' And nobody minds. But in my day, to go abroad with all those wicked Frenchmen, what would become of them? So no-one ever went anywhere.

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People are not heterosexual o...

People are not heterosexual or homosexual, just sexual.

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I never understood music. It ...

I never understood music. It seemed to me to be the maximum amount of noise conveying the minimum amount of information.

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The world now seems a stunnin...

The world now seems a stunningly ignoble place. It has not really grown all that much worse but appears to have done so because we know so much more about it than we did.

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You should make no effort to ...

You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.

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I don't think I have a tragic...

I don't think I have a tragic demeanor.

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You can behave as badly as yo...

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

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I'm happy. I don't ever have ...

I'm happy. I don't ever have to pay anything, and I don't ever have to wash the dishes, and I don't ever have to behave nicely.

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The Scots are very hospitable...

The Scots are very hospitable; almost as hospitable as the Americans.

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Rome did not create a great e...

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

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It's written into the Constit...

It's written into the Constitution that you're allowed to pursue happiness. In England it would be considered a frivolous objective.

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I came first to America in 19...

I came first to America in 1977 at the invitation of a man who wanted to make my life story into a musical. But my agent said it was not to be and it was never done. So I went back, but I'd seen New York, and I wanted to live there. Because everybody talks to you in the street. See, nobody talks to you in England.

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The proprietor had hair so re...

The proprietor had hair so red that pigmentation had flowed out into every visible inch of his skin and even into the pinks of his eyes, as the colour of flowering cherry trees stains their leaves.

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