Allister Coetzee Quotes
I said last week that the number on Jean's back does not matter. He stays effective as a runner, decision-maker and leader.
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At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow.
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It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.
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I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
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I famously had a huge television producer say to me one time, 'Can you please stop doing that to your face? It's very distracting and unattractive.' And I was like, 'You mean move it? Okay, sorry, I guess we're not going to work together.'
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
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Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
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I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested.
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If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
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I just like playing unique characters that I love.
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You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something.
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The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail. No matter what we know they are there to support us and see us do well. Leaders are exactly the same.
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The future will belong to the nature-smart-those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.
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Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless they are transformed by the indwelling Son of God.
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I said last week that the number on Jean's back does not matter. He stays effective as a runner, decision-maker and leader.
