Joshua Cohen (Joshua Aaron Cohen) Quotes
The Internet makes the writer work harder - I have to say things here I've never said before, or else be caught out in repeating myself.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored models and friends, including Paul Robeson, whose splendid head I worked from in New York. I tried to draw Chinamen in their quarter, but the Chinese did not like being drawn and would immediately disappear when they spotted me.
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I take my Bible with me, sometimes two of them, when I travel.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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One of the pillars of 'Cyrano' is recreating a love story and, like any archetype, these great stories tend to be captivating, among other things, because they are made of those universal things that move us.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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You can't impose a legacy.
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I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
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Unusually for an Indian man of his generation, my father, being aware of my mother's intellectual abilities, encouraged her to go abroad by herself to obtain a Ph.D.
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It's hard to mix with a crowd when you're walking down the hallway and everybody else is a foot shorter. I remember hanging out with my friends, like at the mall, and thinking people were staring at me and talking about me. It made me turn inside myself. I became more shy and quiet.
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I love hip hop. It's such an appendage for me. It's something that's always shaped my experience out in the world.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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One gets the impression that this is how Ernest Hemingway would have written had he gone to Vassar.
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Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.
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The Internet makes the writer work harder - I have to say things here I've never said before, or else be caught out in repeating myself.
