Jonathan Coe Quotes
Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and other times, maybe it wouldn't.
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Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an important part of every individual's health care.
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We show our faces to demand that politicians making promises stick to those promises. We show our faces to ensure that the youth of today will flourish tomorrow.
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No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good.
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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I constantly think I'll be found out any second. Some of the crazy stuff that goes through your head. Once you've moved on from the scene, that's it: it's going in the telly and there's nowt you can do about it! It's really scary.
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I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.
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You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
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What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.
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The artists that we grew up listening to was also independent like Master P, like Birdman and Lil Wayne. Those are the people that we wanted to model ourselves after. Throwing on the Cartier frames, the army-style fatigue jackets.
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For some reason, the word 'feminist' freaks people out, but when you look it up, all it means is equal opportunity.
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Once you find love, you find it. There isn't an age on love.
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I don't know what my future is.
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I'm constantly preparing. Material hits me; I'm always writing. I go back and listen to my shows and just prepare and put my set together. But the day of, I like to have some downtime. A nice lunch is important for me.
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Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.
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I work a lot of conditioning and stamina.
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Henry Fonda one time said that every time he had a job, he thought it was gonna' be the last one. And, if you got any sense, you gotta' think that because, you know when somebody's gonna do a dip, some of 'em go pretty far down.
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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.
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I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.
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Change is a process which has to be managed.
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I couldn't love a movie much more than 'Dazed and Confused.' I would argue that 'Dazed and Confused: The Series' would have been very much like 'Freaks and Geeks.' And that died a painful death because it was too good.
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Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and other times, maybe it wouldn't.
