Colm Toibin Quotes
All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much.
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.
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I save everything. I have these carefully organized file boxes. Somewhere in there is a section of the 'New York Times' where I wrote 'The Border Guard' in the margin.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there's so much pressure to do it.
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You don't want to start writing songs about how your Twitter followers are going up, because one day Twitter won't exist, and you'll feel like an idiot.
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It's a wonderful thing to be able to see your music going from generation to generation.
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I think it's clear that women are treated terribly, and people are allowed to say horrible things about us.
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All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much.
