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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Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
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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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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
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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Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
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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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In Survivor and Finder's Fee, it is about what you would do if you could get away with it. Survivor is about your own integrity and where you draw your own ethical and moral lines. There are no rules.
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Being creative is my idea of heaven. I'm just incredibly fortunate that I can do it in artwork. Watercolor is what I started out with. What I love about watercolor is that a lot of happy accidents occur.
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The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
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I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures - my fans - fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.
