Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I think one of the things if you look at minimalism or expressionism, there's various movements in modern composition that I think you can see really natural relations in pop music, so I mean I always look to that in pop music.
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Let us be clear: the Yemeni revolution has already brought internal stability to a state riddled with war and conflict.
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Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby.
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The world is filled with God's glory. You can't turn without bumping into it.
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It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.
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There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
