Colin Fletcher Quotes
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
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After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.
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It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
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I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.
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Probably the only type of cosmetic surgery I'd consider is having my bust reduced. It's alright for my current role in 'The Marquise' because it's a costume drama, which means boned corsets and a bit of cleavage, but it's a drag otherwise.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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I have memories of films that nobody ever saw, that I was very proud of, and those are still great memories.
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I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold's ministerial room.
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I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.
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A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
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There doesn't seem to be a religion in 'Game of Thrones' that's totally peaceful... we haven't seen any Buddhists.
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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we notice everything. We mull and interpret. We store away clues, details that may be useful to us later.
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Not only is a good prank harmless, but, like a good story, it reveals an essential truth that would otherwise be hidden.
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Mostly, two miles an hour is good going.
