Colm Toibin Quotes

I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out with girls. I would have made a very good bishop: nice housekeeper, nice clothes - god, the clothes.

Colm Toibin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Control is what gives you privacy.

Michael Douglas

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I get to play a killer next.

Skeet Ulrich

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My parents had a strong impact on who I am today. My mother and dad both encouraged us to think about the long term - where you wanted to be - to think about education, to think about what is right and what is wrong, and to do things that will help you in the long run.

Tony Dungy

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I have introduced legislation - with other senators from both parties, like Bob Corker and Bob Menendez and Joe Manchin - called the 'Countering the Iranian Threats Act', specifically to clamp down on a lot of Iran's nefarious activity throughout the region.

Tom Cotton

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People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'

Rita Ora

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The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.

Robin Williams

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I love wearing a lot of color, and I am majorly into scarves. I'm the Beau Brummell of Fleetwood Mac, no doubt.

Mick Fleetwood

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I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good.

Michael Pitt

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A lot of people still don't realize that, before Rascal Flatts, I was in a Christian band for four or five years, and I had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest pop musicians and producers in L.A. I learned a lot from Peter Wolf; he was one of my heroes growing up in the '80s. He was a producer of a lot legendary pop music.

Jay DeMarcus

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You can choose to live in love or choose to live in fear.

Josh Tillman

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To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel - not the way others think you should feel.

Don Ellis

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I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.

Domhnall Gleeson

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