Colin Falconer (Colin Bowles) Quotes

She’d been in America almost three years now, but she still wasn’t used to it, the same language sure, but they had different words for everything; she’d learned that a scone was a biscuit, that sidewalk meant a pavement, and that autumn was fall.

Colin Falconer

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• Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Time
  • Men
  • Support

• We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • High
  • Song
  • Location

• It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • World
  • Democracy
  • Religion

• I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Chance

• Practically every smartphone, tablet, and laptop is fabricated in a Chinese factory, even if they are designed here.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Chinese
  • Factory
  • Laptop

• Be an individual. I mean, obviously it's hard for a brand, for a corporation, to have a huge following.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Mean
  • Individual
  • Brand

• Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make decisions for themselves.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Children
  • Parent
  • Decisions

• The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.

  

  Tarja Halonen
  • Women
  • Opportunity
  • Learning

• I voted yes for ANWR, and I would support those in other places, environmentally sound.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Support
  • Sound
  • Places

• People react to 'District 9' and Die Antwoord on the same level.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
  • People
  • Die
  • Same

• If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one.

  

  Jack Valenti

• Unlike writers or painters, we don't sit down in front of a blank canvas and say, 'How do I start? Where do I start?' We're given the springboard of the text, a plane ticket, told to report to Alabama, and there's a group of people all ready to make a film and it's a marvelous life.

  

  Albert Finney
  • People
  • Life
  • Text

• For years, I have been inspired by the inventive and masterful storytelling of the 'SAO' franchise. I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to work with such talented partners to bring this cutting-edge yet timeless story to a new format at Skydance.

  

  Laeta Kalogridis
  • Work
  • Opportunity
  • Inspired

• I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.

  

  Albert Brooks
  • Walking

• I saw 'The Fountain' because my friend came over one day and said, 'This is my favorite movie I've ever seen. Please watch this,' and I watched it, and that was amazing.

  

  Douglas Booth
  • Movie
  • Friend
  • Amazing

• My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable.

  

  Neil Sedaka
  • Music

• The use of crypto-currency as a surrogate for the ruble in trading in goods and services, in our opinion, has a risk of undermining the circulation of money.

  

  Elvira Nabiullina
  • Money
  • Opinion
  • Risk

• We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness.

  

  Mary Astell
  • True
  • Happy
  • Knowledge

• Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people.

  

  James Iha The Smashing Pumpkins
  • People

• Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Different
  • Technology
  • Environment

• I still love hockey. It's just I'm at a different stage of my life and I think I'm just ready to grow in other ways outside of just being a hockey player.

  

  Angela Ruggiero
  • Life
  • Different
  • Player

• The worst is when I know I'm going to have to cry in a scene.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Know
  • Worst
  • Cry

• It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice.

  

  Andrew Solomon
  • Secret
  • Honest
  • Ironic

• She’d been in America almost three years now, but she still wasn’t used to it, the same language sure, but they had different words for everything; she’d learned that a scone was a biscuit, that sidewalk meant a pavement, and that autumn was fall.

  

  Colin Falconer
  • Different
  • America
  • Words