Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.
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Clothing and makeup and hair and all of that so much indicates the kind of person you are inside and the person you are presenting on the outside. Sometimes they are in conflict, and sometimes they are the same. That psychology of the exterior informing the interior is just so interesting.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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It is clothes. It is parts. Therefore, you combine the parts differently to create your own unique expression.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.
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Harvard pulsates with life and thought of all kinds, and religion should not be left out of its ongoing discussions.
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Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial.
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If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.
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As a ballplayer, there is no Christian way to swing a bat. There is no Christian way to swing or throw.
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He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.
