Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.
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I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
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My work is through my emotions, so everything kind of goes together.
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In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.
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The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice.
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Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
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The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
