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Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.

Charles Caleb Colton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: 1780 - 1832

Topics

Man Succeed Pride Know Fail Us

My mum would say sometimes, 'Do you think you might be gay?' But it wasn't that. When I imagined myself in a romantic setting, it was heterosexual, but I was just always a girl.

Girl Myself Romantic Think You Gay

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

John Nelson Darby

God Church His Sufficient Ages

Mistaken identity, of course, has been the province of much postcolonial fiction. An important feature of this writing is the manner in which misrecognition has haunted all cognition.

Identity Writing Important Fiction

I've been doing magic since I was five years old, and when I was trying to get acting gigs, I found I could make a good living at it. It's great to kind of shake the cobwebs off and get the feeling of a live audience again. I love close-up magic, the card stuff, the coin stuff, the really up-close David Blaine stuff.

Steve Valentine

Love Good Live Great Doing Magic

I don't do bugs.

When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it's a tremendous responsibility. What you do with him can influence not only him, but everyone he meets and not for a day or a month or a year but for time and eternity.

Time Responsibility Parenting Day

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.

Jorge Luis Borges

Day Man New Will Soldiers Left

I grew up in the GOP sandbox. My dad took me, age 7, to meet Herbert Hoover, in his apartment at the Waldorf Towers. He gave me a silver dollar. Being a young Republican, I spent it on comic books.

Christopher Buckley

Age Me Young Meet Silver Republican

I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they're annoyed if you've had a party - you know, it's been a bit too noisy for them or something.

People Think You Party Know Real

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

Ariel Rechtshaid

Good Me Battle Artist Chemistry

Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.

Language Meaning More Word Than

With an audience it's now, there are no editors around. It's just me and the audience and it's what I like best.

Best Me Now Audience Just Like

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