Colin Wilson Quotes
And the central assertion of his philosophy is that this inner realm is the 'spiritual world' and that once man has learned to enter this realm, he realizes that it is not a mere imaginative reflection of the external world, but a world that possesses its own independent reality.

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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
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There should be more interaction and more confidence building between our various academic institutions just like how there needs to be a confidence building between industry and academics.
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As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I always wanted to be a writer. Maybe, had I been brought up in another generation, I might have just gone into writing rather than medicine - which is not to say that I didn't also have a great attraction towards the idea of being a healer. Fortunately, I've been able to combine the two in ways I could never possibly have imagined.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.
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You can't always understand if someone's into you or not, so you should never really pursue something too far without gauging that first.
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What is the government doing or not doing in terms of tracking you, following you, investigating you? And if you're suspicionless, it should be none of the above.
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The bigger the better; in everything.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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The Unicorn Sonata … tells us that our true home is often right around the corner, if we'd only open our eyes - and our ears - to find it.
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And the central assertion of his philosophy is that this inner realm is the 'spiritual world' and that once man has learned to enter this realm, he realizes that it is not a mere imaginative reflection of the external world, but a world that possesses its own independent reality.