Frank Moore Colby Quotes
Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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I don't drink tea or coffee. I'm like a child: I like fruit juices and sodas and creamy hot chocolate.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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I can't even imagine life without music!
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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It gets boring to me when people talk about clothing brands or what boat they're going to buy next summer.
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During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.
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Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).
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I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.
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I'm so proud of you! I gushed, a statement I've only recently come to realize can be a backhanded compliment, insinuating that the person you're proud of has had to overcome some character flaw to do whatevre they've done to make you proud, so what you're really saying is not that you're proud, but that you're suprised the person has made you proud.
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I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world.
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Life is mere chance only when one allows it to be.
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A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.
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Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.
