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Colombo Quotes By Romesh Gunesekera

I grew up in Colombo but was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the countryside as well. Although there was considerable turbulence, even in the 1950s, it did not throw a shadow on my consciousness. — Romesh Gunesekera

Colombo Quotes By Patrick Mendis

The Chinese construction of South Asia's tallest edifice, the Lotus (a Lotus Sutra in Buddhism) Tower, both points to Beijing's Peaceful Rise and unsettles some onlookers. For the nervous India and the United States, the cleverly designed and highly sophisticated rising communications tower is more than a Buddhist symbol of Peaceful Rise. — Patrick Mendis

Colombo Quotes By John Robert Colombo

Canada could have enjoyed: English government, French culture, and American know-how. Instead it ended up with: English know-how, French government, and American culture. — John Robert Colombo

Colombo Quotes By Guido Colombo

There are no tips for life neither for travelling — Guido Colombo

Colombo Quotes By John Robert Colombo

I do not believe in ghosts. I believe in ghost stories. — John Robert Colombo

Colombo Quotes By Lori Colombo-Dunham

If you're willing to live in a cardboard box on the streets with him, then marry him. — Lori Colombo-Dunham

Colombo Quotes By Dominicus Corea

Some of the very heroic and colourful figures in our history are sons of Sabaragamuwa - Parakramabahu I, born in Dedigama, the warrior King Rajasinghe I also known as Sitawaka Rajasingha, Edirille Rala born in Colombo and baptised Domingo Corea, who returned to the village of his ancestors Atulugama near Sitawaka and turned against the Portuguese. — Dominicus Corea

Colombo Quotes By Lori Colombo-Dunham

I believe it is the woman in the relationship that drives the relationship to what she wants it to be — Lori Colombo-Dunham

Colombo Quotes By John Robert Colombo

A milligram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure. — John Robert Colombo

Colombo Quotes By Paul Borthwick

We completed meetings with leaders from over a dozen ministries over a ten-day period. Toward the end of our journey, we asked our Sri Lankan host for his feedback. After about the fourth day, he had become convinced that we were actually there to listen, so his feedback was honest. He said (and I'm paraphrasing):
Paul and Christie, you and your leadership training are welcome here in Sri Lanka. If you host your training in a nice Colombo (Sri Lanka's capital) hotel with a nice venue and a buffet lunch, we can get fifty to one hundred pastors and ministry leaders to come. They will come, and you can get some great pictures for
your newsletter. Then, after the seminar, they will take your manual home with them and put it on the shelf with [U.S. megachurch pastor's] training manual and [another U.S. megachurch pastor's] training manual and [a well-known U.S. leadership trainer's] training manual, and they will go about their own ministry in their own way. — Paul Borthwick

Colombo Quotes By Victor Pelevin

Because from the first line I can tell how many hours the mule was carrying it up his ass on the way from Colombo to Minsk. And that's nothing, I can know how many times that ass of his was ... — Victor Pelevin

Colombo Quotes By Lori Colombo-Dunham

Most women harbor dreams of a fairytale wedding and marriage. And while some do achieve it all, they are in the minority. For most of us the reality of living out our daily lives with another person by our side demands compromise, cooperation and commitment. Yes, it takes two to make a marriage, but someone has to take the lead. Why not let that person be you? — Lori Colombo-Dunham

Colombo Quotes By Romesh Gunesekera

'Commonwealth' is not a word I ever used growing up in Colombo. There, in the late 1950s, it would have meant little more than New Zealand lamb and Anchor butter at the cold stores. — Romesh Gunesekera

Colombo Quotes By Cristoforo Colombo

The world is round. — Cristoforo Colombo

Colombo Quotes By Stephanie Beatriz

I remember watching 'Colombo' a lot with my dad. That was one of the first detective shows I remember watching. And I remember my dad turning to me - my dad loves to turn to me and explain why things are funny. He used to do that with 'Seinfeld' all the time. He did it with 'Colombo', too, set the scene. — Stephanie Beatriz

Colombo Quotes By Mark Twain

Ah
Ferguson
what
what did you say was the name of the party who wrote this?" "Christopher Colombo! ze great Christopher Colombo!" Another deliberate examination. "Ah
did he write it himself; or
or how?" "He write it himself!
Christopher Colombo! He's own hand-writing, write by himself!" Then the doctor laid the document down and said: "Why, I have seen boys in America only fourteen years old that could write better than that. — Mark Twain

Colombo Quotes By Guido Colombo

The most amazing travellers were to humble to write about it — Guido Colombo

Colombo Quotes By John Robert Colombo

It was so dry in Saskatchewan during the Depression that the trees were chasing the dogs. — John Robert Colombo

Colombo Quotes By Thisuri Wanniarachchi

Today I prayed for Boston, for America, my home away from home. Today, I realized how lucky we Sri Lankans are to have peace in our country. How I feel today, hearing of the bombs going off in the city brings back memories of how I used to feel four years ago in Sri Lanka when the LTTE was setting off bombs all around Colombo. That feeling I used to get when I hear about a bomb blast, the goosebumps, the school evacuation drills, the breaking news footage, and most of all, that fear we Sri Lankans used to feel, every second of everyday, it all came back to me today. Thank you God for bringing peace to my country, look after America the way you did Sri Lanka. — Thisuri Wanniarachchi

Colombo Quotes By Cristoforo Colombo

The sea will grant each man new hope
The sleep brings dreams of home. — Cristoforo Colombo

Colombo Quotes By Anthony Colombo

He was a proud union man, firmly believing that the courage of a few men could prevent the suffering of thousands. — Anthony Colombo