Colin Cotterill Quotes
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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Network TV is such a difficult, competitive landscape.
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One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.
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In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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I have more pet peeves than anybody: people talking in the movie theater, people eating in the movie theater loudly, people being rude, people making noise when you're supposed to be asleep, like drilling noises outside. I could be here all day.
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I have a speech impediment because I slur a lot, and they even make fun of me on 'Cougar Town' because there's certain word combinations that I just can't say.
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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
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Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.
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The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.
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Queens perhaps perform better in the role of monarch because they never take their position for granted. Many kings have failed because they believed that the public would love them whatever they did. Queens knew better.
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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
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The most important thing was to win tonight, world record would have been just the icing on the cake.
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Honesty can be a dirty gift.
