Colin Wilson Quotes
I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that 'the world' would decline to recognize them.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
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This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and '60s. But that doesn't work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what's happening in the world.
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The growth in emissions is coming from the developing world. So if we are going to get out of this, it's going to come out of a process of cooperation and collaboration. That's why it really requires a paradigm shift.
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Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world.
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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
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When the dollar was separated entirely from gold in 1971, it ceased being the official IMF world currency and finally had to compete with other currencies... From that point forward, its value increasingly became discounted.
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Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.
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I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that.
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Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.
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What we now call the browser is whatever defines the web. What fits in the browser is the World Wide Web and a number of trivial standards to handle that so that the content comes.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.
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I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.
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Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
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I really believe in the power of music.
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Ten days that shook the world.
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The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the songs that the Roman legionnaires would sing, calling Julius Caesar 'queen,' alluding, in a very transparent way, to his real, or presumed, homosexual escapades.
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If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.
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I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that 'the world' would decline to recognize them.
