Harold Coffin Quotes
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises.
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I have been surfing since I was six years old.
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I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.
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What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
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Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.
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The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together.
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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
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I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up.
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I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a culture of violence.
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A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see.
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Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
