Colin Gunton Quotes
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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I like the fact that when you're put into a really extreme situation, you put everything else aside. You put your ego aside and get on with it, and I quite like that.
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Part of the excitement of doing independent film is the complete unknown of what lies in store for the film's future.
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I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.
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I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.
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Many support what I am doing.
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19) Think before you make the coward's choice. Old age is not for sissies.
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I go to bed angry and I get up angrier every morning.
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As quoted in ''HEY, YOU CAN JUST MAKE STUFF UP.' Differences between magic and art: None', by Peter Bebergal, The Believer, (2013).
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I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they'll look back on it as the most important thing they discovered while at school. If they don't figure it out, they will just sail off without a rudder and get buffeted in the very rough seas of life.
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I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.
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Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.
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I always wanted to be an artist, writer and poet since I was seven, and one has to live long enough to evolve as an artist and do one's finest work.
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Pearls mean tears.
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The pride of learning is against the dependent humility of prayer.
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Since the events of September 11, we've rightfully changed our military strategy so we're now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do us harm, rather than waiting for another atrocious attack to happen.
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Everything important seems already to have happened.
