Colin Wilson Quotes
The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.
Quotes to Explore
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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The Tao teaches us not to intervene and interfere. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. And the people we love we have to learn to let them be.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.
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The truth was that for some months he had been going through that partitioning of the things of youth wherein it is decided whether or not to die for what one no longer believes.
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I love characters who can rile an audience so much - it means you've done your job well.
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I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.
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The world of Debussy is a seductive oasis, and it is hard to leave it after spending many days immersed in its atmosphere. Playing Debussy-or any other composer with a strong and idiosyncratic personality-affects not only one's cast of mind but the physical disposition as well, the way the muscles work and the fingers come into contact with the ivories.
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The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.
