Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast) Quotes
Advice I would give to anyone trying to find their own personal style: don't copy anybody, just be yourself, and make your own trends.
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy novels, you start to realize that some of those books, well, they weren't really good. OK, let's be honest. A lot of them were crap.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Come on, we would be foolish to say that there's never been African-American leads in some capacity, people of color in some capacity, leading shows or what have you. But it hasn't happened enough and in a manner that is an accurate reflection of the world that we live in.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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All of the people are the dependents of Allah.
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My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
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When Pixar calls and says, 'Hey, you wanna be in a Pixar movie?' you don't do a lot of contemplating!
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When all else fails, dress beautifully and throw your food.
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Negativity is the enemy of creativity.
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My style has evolved in a nice way, but everyone has bad moments.
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One school invited me down, as two pupils had come out, and the headmaster didn't know what to do about it. I said, 'How many students here are gay?' and he said, 'Just these two.' Clearly not. 'How many gay members of staff have you got?' He had no idea. And this was a concerned man.
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That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever.
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I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.
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Advice I would give to anyone trying to find their own personal style: don't copy anybody, just be yourself, and make your own trends.
