Jonathan Cain Quotes
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My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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Family and God - that is what's important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.
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When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening.
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I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that.
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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
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Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
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I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
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Watching yourself on screen is always a little weird, but I didn't cringe when I saw myself on 'The Hour.' It actually exceeded my expectations; every shot looks like a vintage postcard and even my most brutally honest friends have said they think it's good.
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If you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery.
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I would like to get a good education, get married, and have kids.
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By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.
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You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
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But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.
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I'm a massive control freak.
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I'm always being told by directors that I add chemistry to scenes, so I mean how difficult could it be?
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Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past.
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you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I always felt like something bigger was waiting for me out there.
