Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
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I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I didn't like playing with dolls; I didn't like getting dressed up. A lot of my friends and people I went to school with were into fashion and their clothes, so I lacked a bit of self-belief and confidence... I wasn't really comfortable.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.
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Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
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I have never joined the Facebook world because, to be truthful, social media scares me to death. It is kind of crazy how huge that world is, so I have never joined Facebook, but I do have Instagram and Twitter.
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The real impulse of most books is to tell a story to keep the reader lashed to the page. I don't get why that's a proper use of an adult's time.
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My sisters, let's tell 'fashion' we love Allah more!
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War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
