Joel Coen Quotes
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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Sports of every sort had always appealed to me.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.
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African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
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I don't read the critics.
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In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.
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Charities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn't we spend that money on providing health clinics and safe water? Aren't these things more relevant? I have no intention of downplaying the importance of the Internet, but its impact has been exaggerated.
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I wouldn't give an astrologer the time of day.
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I think that I appeal to the girliness in all of us.
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I wouldn't have been surprised if they had voted me Most Likely To Kill Everyone At A High School Dance.
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Well first of all, I'd just like to say that 2005 was a great year, if you like swimming through crap.
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I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.
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I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start.
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Certain winds will make men's temper bad.
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Last word in lonesome is me.
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The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that.
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The narrative oftentimes is that everything that comes out of the hood is 'real,' and so I thought, 'I'll base it on the absurd, the not real. I'll twist the idea of real on its head and see if I can get away with it. I'll make paintings that come not from a place but through an abstract gaze.'
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To pine for an alternative past is a waste of energy. In the pristine world of your infinite spiritual self, there is no sin or negative energy. There is only compassion, learning, and unconditional love and forgiveness. Remind yourself and those around you of this fact. In the light of God, everything is healed and seen to be perfect.
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Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that means.
