Colin Wilson Quotes
The Outsider is always unhappy, but he is an agent that ensures the happiness for millions of 'Insiders'.
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.
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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
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The circus leaves a sweet memory.
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I've always had problems with guys!
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I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that's fine. And it might not be right, because I'm the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It's the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.
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People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
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I've always had a complicated relationship with sleep. Even as a little kid, I never wanted to go to bed - it always seemed unfair in some way.
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I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.
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I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.
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It's kind of cool to have the whole country at your back. Not just a city, but the whole country is rooting for you.
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Age considers; youth ventures.
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A stronger E.U. of defence makes NATO stronger.
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The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character.
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The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.
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Como se reparten el sol en el naranjo las naranjas? How do the oranges divide up sunlight in the orange tree?
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So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.
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We believe in a moral code. Communism denies innate right or wrong. As W. Cleon Skousen has said in his timely book, The Naked Communist: The communist 'has convinced himself that nothing is evil which answers the call of expediency.' This is a most damnable doctrine. People who truly accept such a philosophy have neither conscience nor honor. Force, trickery, lies, broken promises are wholly justified.
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The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.
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The Outsider is always unhappy, but he is an agent that ensures the happiness for millions of 'Insiders'.
