Colin Callender Quotes
You never know, until you put a play up for an audience, whether it's going to work. Things you think will work don't, and things you're not sure about work really well.
Quotes to Explore
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
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I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
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I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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The more anxious, isolated and time-deprived we are, the more likely we are to turn to paid personal services. To finance these extra services, we work longer hours. This leaves less time to spend with family, friends and neighbors; we become less likely to call on them for help, and they on us.
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The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice.
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Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts.
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You never know, until you put a play up for an audience, whether it's going to work. Things you think will work don't, and things you're not sure about work really well.
