Colin Meloy Quotes
Look at the leader of my country, he is somebody I cannot relate to at all. He is so far removed from me - politically, personally and morally.
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!
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As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.
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Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any.
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If anyone was going to write the definitive account of what the 2008 election meant for women, it would be Rebecca Traister.
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When I was about 16, I got my ball taken off me by the police for playing in the street - which is pathetic really.
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It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.
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It's a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?
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When you spend that long on the outer reaches of empire, you understand the cruelty of empire ... and the lies we tell ourselves about what is done in our name.
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Look at the leader of my country, he is somebody I cannot relate to at all. He is so far removed from me - politically, personally and morally.
