Colin Wilson Quotes
The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.
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Suffering turns men towards their creator.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. If she is confirmed, Solicitor General Kagan will bring the Supreme Court to an historical high-water mark, with three women concurrently serving as Justices.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it – in a world in which everything else is out of control.
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I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
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I owe my career to Latina women. I was surrounded by the amazing group: my mother, my aunts, my extended family. They didn't necessarily have access to high fashion, but they had great style and looked stunning naturally at every age.
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We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be an adult.
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
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The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
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Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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Women's Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer.
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If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
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The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference.
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It's not only about the material things - I also have a spiritual side.
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It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it's much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.
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The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night.
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I live in a cottage and volunteer in the village shop.
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The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.
