Graham Coxon Quotes
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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It all started when I was 4. I was watching a lot of 'The Little Mermaid,' and I loved that movie. I was going around the house singing - I wanted to be on Disney and everything; I wanted to be a princess.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.
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Traveling is one of my great passions and something I do a lot of.
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College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life.
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I'm interested in complexity, in the mathematical sense, as well as the idiomatic sense. The idea of emergence - that it's possible for complex patterns to arise out of many simple interactions - is fascinating.
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I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.
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We passed a bill in 1997, signed by Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles, which created a pilot program for a novel experiment called Florida Virtual School. The notion of children using a computer for a classroom and reporting to virtual teachers wasn't exactly mainstream thinking in those days.
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I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
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My mom was an artist, and she had this amazing ability to transform everything into something beautiful.
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My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
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I listen to music cinematically. I think about music and how it would make me feel when it's put to an image, a moving image, and I love it.
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It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant.
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singing the song her therapist told her to improvise in order to 'let her anxieties out' If I keep the kitchen floor clean, no one will die!
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Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song...
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To have someone play off and be with a band is more pleasurable.
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I feel like my body is borrowed and this life is very temporary.
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Your drudgery is another person's delight. It's only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
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Originality provokes originality.
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It's the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam.
