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Colin Wilson Quotes

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: June 26, 1931 - December 5, 2013

Topics

Rain Man Cow Average Standing

For me, it's about being comfortable... but I can feel comfortable in a thong leotard and on stage. Growing up as a dancer, that's how I'm comfortable in my body. It's about where you grew up and those things; it's a way of communicating your spirit to the world.

Me Growing Up World Feel You Body

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

Myself Me American Irish Raised

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

Myself Learn Enough Now Teach Years

I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.

School High School Think Parent You

A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and, in modern drama, Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart.'

Heart History Impact Uncle Drama

I would say, if you come out, they can't take away how you play football. That was the thing for me: once I did come out, it's not going to affect my diving. I can still perform, no matter what anybody else thinks of me. I'm judged for what I do in the diving pool.

Football Me You Pool I Can Play

My brother's got two degrees. He got one for me.

Brother Me Two Got He Degrees

I'm single because I move about so much that I can't really get attached.

Single Move Because Get Much Really

Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better!

Life Heart End Better Doing You

I love Canadians. They are the coolest, nicest, most patriotic people, and they will support their countrymen no matter what, and I think that's commendable.

Love Support People Think Matter

I write everything I do. On the average, it takes you about sixty months from the first molecule of an idea to it being in front of an audience. I'm actually somebody that creates their own stuff.

You Write First Sixty Everything

I can set up shop anywhere. I've got my oils, I've got my yoga mat and I'm good to go. I must know good yoga classes in about 25 cities on this planet.

Good I Can Go Know Up Planet

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