Colin Bateman Quotes
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.
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It's the same girl-who-has-everything story. You know, the one where she's insecure and scared and unhappy and has marriage problems and doesn't know how to handle stardom and screws up right and left and gets in with the wrong people and goes down the drain.
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India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
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If I had any humility I would be perfect.
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My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn't speak to him for 10 years.
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I'll leave the swearing to the Jane Fondas.
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But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.
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Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.
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Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.
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The most precious things in speech are pauses.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later on, one sees the Gorgon's head, and one suffers, because it does not turn one to stone.
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“Books are precious things and cannot be selected like tinned peas in Tesco.”
