Rachel Cohn Quotes
I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable.
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In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.
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I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
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Of all the labels and tags and epithets people have forced upon me, there's one I don't dislike. I get called the 'enfant terrible.' In every article, it's always there. So I have to give that a meaning.
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New York City is my favorite city in the world.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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I went to the studio of Fischli Weiss, and it was magical. I thought: 'This is what I want to do with my life; I want to work with artists and be useful to them.' I was magnetically attracted.
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As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
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I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling constantly.
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I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
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I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
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I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places.
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In a phrase: I always hope it keeps getting better.
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'Fright Night' I can just about deal with. Because the original is such a 1980s extravaganza. Which is a good thing. Obviously. But something like 'The Others' or anything psychological: I'm no good with that. I don't like it when there's space for me to use my imagination.
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The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?
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Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV rather than getting dressed up and going out to see a live play. In the same way, the computer is a more immediately accessible way to play games.
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There are ideas within Buddhism that are so incredible as to render the dogma of the virgin birth plausible by comparison.
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I love 'Breathless,' and 'Paris, Texas,' and 'Badlands.' I was obsessed with those films in my teens. I remember watching 'Badlands' and being amazed that there were these scenes in which nobody said anything and the silence told the whole story.
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Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage.
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Anytime you hear the concept of the separation of church and state being talked about these days, it is never in regard to maintaining the restraints on government; instead, it is always talking about what Christians and churches cannot do.
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I wanted all my solos to be something you could sing along with
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Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
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I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable.
