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Colin Wilson Quotes

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Play Stage Symphony Parts Instead

With commentating, I've had a chance to show the humorous side of my personality that I didn't use on the court. It's fun, and I don't take myself too seriously. I have good broadcast teams with me, but I'm not a huge stats guy. I think they post the numbers too quickly, and I'd rather let the match play out a bit first.

Good Myself Personality Fun Me Play

And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.

Writing Gift Think You Acting Way

I have always been drawn to young characters and seeing big tapestries through the eyes of a child. It probably comes from being a father myself and having a young son and seeing the world through his eyes. I write stories that are sort of the exaggerated version of that.

Father Son Eyes Myself Child World

It's my job to try and be as good a person as I can, and that's enough work for me.

Work Good Job Me Enough I Can

To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.

Change People Grow Place Frontier

Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.

Ritchie Blackmore

Spontaneous Everything Totally

My mother never finished elementary school. My father didn't, and that was a reality for many of us.

Father Mother School Reality Never

For days on end, I avoid the Web, never logging in until about two or three, after I've written all morning. On a good week, I don't go online till after Wednesday, so four or five days might lapse without my checking e-mail.

Good Morning End Week Go Three

I've had tendinitis since college.

College Since Had

I think, sometimes when we face problems and issues in our life, we have a tendency to really deny that a problem exists. Or sometimes we say, oh, it'll go away, or we can handle it. It's - you know, don't worry. I've got it covered. And a lot of times, that's not the case.

Life Problems Face Think Worry You

I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility.

Responsibility Eating You Down Stop

No human heart is denied empathy. No religion can demolish that by indoctrination. No culture, no nation and nationalism - nothing can touch it because it is empathy.

Dayananda Saraswati

Heart Culture Religion Empathy Touch

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