Jonathan Coleman Quotes
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I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time.
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I have to remember for every kid saying something awful, there's a kid saying something great.
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I'm not a big sports fan.
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The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world.
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I love Somali foods like canjeero, a pancakelike bread; same for pizza, burgers, and sushi.
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M&A guidelines need to be liberal.
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We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
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I don't want to do stories that don't have a heart. I'm just not going to be satisfied with stories where I can't be passionate about the subject, where I can't make a difference.
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New-season lamb shoulder, cooked pink, is the perfect platform for a mixture of fresh and cooked herbs.
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I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio, or television. I don't know if any other politician at a gubernatorial, congressional, or a senatorial level can make the claim.
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I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.
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We do not need the empire to give us anything.
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I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
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When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.
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I like when you watch a film and you feel like you're a part of somebody's life for an hour and a half.
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Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
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I think God must have had something in mind for me that was not on my radar when I first started out in New York. Back then, doing animated voices meant your career was done - it was looked down upon.
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Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.
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I like to cook for my friends. It is an act of love because in cooking you can create so many plates and recipes, if you know how to - otherwise you make a mess - but I like it because it's like a ceremony. You cook for your friends and after, you drink wine and play cards.
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The movie is not that violent. There are ideas in the movie that are scary, but the film isn't about violence, the glorification of violence or the embracing of violence. In the movie, violence is a metaphor for feeling. It's a film about the problems or requirements involved with being masculine in today's society.
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They love least that let men know their loves.
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A man is entitled to a few secrets.
