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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I used to sing in church, too. Not like in the choir or anything, but for people around the church... on the church bus going home and Christmas plays.
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There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed.
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I've never fallen into what I consider to be a trap of trying to figure out something analytically that could be a very popular film. I would hope my enthusiasm could match up with something with that potential.
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As a political artist, I think you have to learn how to create art, no matter what your ideology is.
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Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.
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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.
