Rachel Cohn Quotes
I want to believe there is a somebody out there for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody.
Quotes to Explore
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right?
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In 2007, everything changed with the iPhone. As crippled as that first model now seems, with its lack of apps and glacial cellular connectivity, the iPhone was a practical, useful, self-contained computer a child could understand. It was an information appliance.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.
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The difficulty for the Government is there's this ideological straitjacket of the market will provide, let the market rip and everything will work out... It's back to trickle-down economics, which, it's plain to see, have not delivered.
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The only two characters I can play convincingly are myself and a dumber and sweeter version of myself.
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One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.
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Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.
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Good musicians are often difficult to hang out with; that's the hardest part, finding people you get on with.
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Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game.
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The reason I don't want anyone to control me is not because I want to be in control. I don't want anyone to control me because I don't want anyone to control anyone.
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Whatever good is happening with 'Newton' is because of my mom's blessings. I really believe in that.
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I want to believe there is a somebody out there for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody.
