Jonathan Coe Quotes
But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.
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I definitely try to eat a healthy diet, but I am the first person to say I love unhealthy food. I would never tell you I don't. I love fried chicken or mac and cheese. Do I order them all the time when I'm out at restaurants? No, though I do have one splurge meal a week.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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At 12, turned 13, made a movie with Sex Pistols and The Clash. Learned about a lot of things I never knew and hope will never know again. Don't know how my parents let me do that.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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Everything I say is true.
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I read on the Internet that I was dead.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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Me and apparently a lot of other people felt that the people who should benefit most from the country are the people who contribute the most, which is the middle class, who are drafted into the army, spend three years there and 25 years in the reserves. That is why I had enough votes to create out of nowhere the second-largest party in the country.
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I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off.
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One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
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Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.
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I can't sit still for long and need creative outlets and think you should try different things. I mean, if you're a musician all of your life, you gotta try different things. I really believe you can have it all.
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But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.
