Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
An elegant writer has observed, that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat – 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
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My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.
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The Ford Flex is a really, really cool car. You get inside and you have so much headroom and it's really comfortable to drive and it's real techy inside. You look at the screen and it's blue and you've got all kinds of controls. Everything is digital.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I'm saying, Come on, the global warming thing? How did the ice melt during the ice ages? Was the dinosaurs driving SUVs around back then?
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
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I suppose you have work tomorrow? That's quite sad, really.
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There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.
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There is some indication, and I don’t have the conclusions, but some of this anthrax may - and I emphasize may - have come from Iraq.
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We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns.
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I think we're all very curious about our own minds, but we just may not have the tools to channel that.
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An elegant writer has observed, that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife.
