Colin Wilson Quotes
Christianity was an epidemic rather than a religion. It appealed to fear, hysteria and ignorance. It spread across the Western world, not because it was true, but because humans are gullible and superstitious.
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The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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Through a painting we can see the whole world.
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Those who have accomplished great things in the world have been, as a rule, bold, aggressive, and self-confident. They dared to step out from the crowd and act in an original way. They were not afraid to be generals.
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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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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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It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.
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In a world with weak aggregate demand, countries are engaging in a futile competition for a greater share of it. In the process, they are creating financial-sector and cross-border risks that will become increasingly apparent as countries exit their unconventional policies.
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People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.
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A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
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Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and proactive.
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I think there will always be need of trusted voices in the investment community, but what the ICO markets are showing is that the world has incredible demand for future-looking projects!
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To me, the newspaper business was a way to learn about life and how things worked in the real world and how people spoke. You learn all the skills - you learn to listen, you learn to take notes - everything you use later as a novelist was valuable training in the newspaper world. But I always wanted to write novels.
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A dream without ambition is like a car without gas... you're not going anywhere.
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When my father was a young actor, it is absolutely true that the vast majority were fairly middle class. Then all of a sudden, people like Albert Finney burst through and turned all that on its head.
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To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.
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I would say my grandmother would be like my personal god.
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Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
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Christianity was an epidemic rather than a religion. It appealed to fear, hysteria and ignorance. It spread across the Western world, not because it was true, but because humans are gullible and superstitious.
