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title: "2 Collar Quotes By Richard Coles"
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> [What I wear identifies me as a priest. I don't agree with all this trying to appear 'normal'. If you want that to be normal, don't take off your dog collar and then put it on again, because what you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/what-i-wear-identifies-me-as-a-priest-i-don-t-agree-with-all-this/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

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> [The dog collar is fascinating to people, when it doesn't repel. I've got used to being shouted at in the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/the-dog-collar-is-fascinating-to-people-when-it-doesn-t-repel-i-ve/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

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## More by Richard Coles

> [I spend much of my time in a broadly liberal secular world but I don't belong to it, I belong somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/i-spend-much-of-my-time-in-a-broadly-liberal-secular-world-but-i-don/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [God chooses to arrive among the poor and the insignificant and the politically awkward, so what are we missing when we overlook them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/god-chooses-to-arrive-among-the-poor-and-the-insignificant-and-the/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [The thought of having sclerosis of the synapses is alarming. I wonder if in later life I will pay the price for having overstimulated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/the-thought-of-having-sclerosis-of-the-synapses-is-alarming-i-wonder/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [There's more of me on Twitter than there is in real life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/there-s-more-of-me-on-twitter-than-there-is-in-real-life/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [I suppose I've always had a very genuine curiosity about religion. I loved the atmosphere of churches, the ethos; I adored Evensong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/i-suppose-i-ve-always-had-a-very-genuine-curiosity-about-religion-i/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [This unthinking assumption of moral virtue on the Left is frustrating. I saw someone on Facebook talking about capitalist scum, he was angry and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/this-unthinking-assumption-of-moral-virtue-on-the-left-is-frustrating/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [In corporate life, I have noticed, it is getting harder and harder to say that things are bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/in-corporate-life-i-have-noticed-it-is-getting-harder-and-harder-to/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [I am not in favour of hierarchies that grant privileges to members who fail to uphold those values - there are plenty of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/i-am-not-in-favour-of-hierarchies-that-grant-privileges-to-members/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [Trying to do Christianity properly is tough. Life as a priest is rigorous and disciplined. It involves sacrifices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/trying-to-do-christianity-properly-is-tough-life-as-a-priest-is/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [I got lucky with my parents. They were unfailingly loving and supportive, which gave me confidence about my place in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/i-got-lucky-with-my-parents-they-were-unfailingly-loving-and/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [I don't think you need to justify faith, faith is its own justification.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/i-don-t-think-you-need-to-justify-faith-faith-is-its-own-justification/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [I will be doing a lot of human interest interviews. It involves empathising and listening. Which is a lot of what my day job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/i-will-be-doing-a-lot-of-human-interest-interviews-it-involves/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [I don't think of myself as a maverick at all. Quite the opposite - I really think of myself as quite conventional but dispersed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-a-maverick-at-all-quite-the-opposite-i/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [Jesus comes among us, in our all division, not to instruct, comfort or inspire but to die. In doing so, He answers the sum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/jesus-comes-among-us-in-our-all-division-not-to-instruct-comfort-or/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

> [Like most people, I cook about a dozen dishes, over and over again, and to stretch the menu has meant stretching my competence to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/like-most-people-i-cook-about-a-dozen-dishes-over-and-over-again-and/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

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