Etan Cohen Quotes
I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion about everything.
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There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.
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In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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I am the hero of Africa.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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My least favorite subject? Uh... I didn't have a least favorite subject because, I mean, high school is so much fun.
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Sometimes you have a poem that you really want to write and it never happens.
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I think the first thing I consider is whether I like the script. Once that is done, the next thing I look for is my part in the movie. Many a times you come across good offers, but the part they are offering might not be challenging. So, I don't take up that film.
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Over the last decade, economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being settled by events. But the Great Recession of the last two years has changed everything.
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I just feel like I'm the luckiest person in the world being able to do what I love and be able to do it all day every day if I like, you know, I mean it's great, I love it.
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There was a knock on our dressing-room door. Our manager shouted, 'Keith! Ron! The Police are here!' Oh, man, we panicked, flushed everything down the john. Then the door opened and it was Stewart Copeland and Sting.
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I just can't see myself as a trophy wife. I can't imagine not having my own life.
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I have a lot of rage about things that didn't happen to me, tied up with watching an immigrant, working-class father struggle to make his way through the world - and seeing how society was modeled to keep him in his place.
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I always have my own attitude towards everything in life.
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As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.
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I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion about everything.
