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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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'.
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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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The worst thing for an actor is to be stuck in one kind of thing. But if you're not in people's faces all the time, you can lose traction. And that affects the choice of things you get offered.
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Parents will purchase the dot-com name for their baby. We have been aware of some instances where somebody didn't name their child a particular name because the dot-com wasn't available.
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To me, there is no greater calling … If I can inspire young people to dedicate themselves to the good of mankind, I've accomplished something.
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Keeping it all normal and keeping us together is my first priority. Then I fit films into my life.
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I'm not talking about what you hear from 5 per cent of the population on the radio, in the papers. I don't pay attention to it. I travel around the country. I'm happy I have a good relationship with the people.
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There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
