Colm Toibin Quotes

People's interest in glamour and clothes and nylon stockings and all those things were, when I was a little boy, the sort of world that I listened to.

Colm Toibin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 30, 1955

Topics

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I was traumatized by a lot of childhood stuff. I felt that I was bad somewhere, starting with my birth.

Joel Grey

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And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool.

John Fogerty

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Feel what you feel, know what you know, and set your relatives free to do the same.

Melody Beattie

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An animal takes freely anything that it wishes: it commits no sin and is not held responsible for its action because it knows no better. But as soon as the idea of 'mine' and 'thine' has been imprinted upon our consciousness, then also the responsibility comes.

Max Heindel

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If it's tough believing what you believe, then maybe it's time to move. But if you are someone who militantly enforces your opinion about anything, then you need to get out of town.

John Schneider

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On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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It is better to be honourable than be honoured.

Shiv Khera

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I loved doing 'Rock of Ages' in N.Y. and that, but its such a large scale, and so many things go into it.

Tom Lenk

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Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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If you use it intelligently, Twitter can be a form of engineered serendipity.

Jason Silva

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When I was little, my grandma used to get romance novels, and she would get hundreds of these, and she'd read a dozen a month.

Chuck Palahniuk

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I'm more of an adventurous type than a relationship type.

Bob Dylan

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