Cy Coleman Quotes
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The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country's dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part of Australia's art, writing, music and culture, both indigenous and non indigenous.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.
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At the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century in Austria, there was a lot of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in Austria was much more pervasive than in Germany. And Austrians took to Nazi ideas and anti-Semitism much more readily than Germans did, really.
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A lot of people are angry about the democratic abuses that have been committed by the Spanish government.
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The woman with dark hair, wide hips, and a few extra pounds has always been the essence of beauty in Morocco.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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My father was my hero, and he died when I was 11. So, I really never experienced the kind of natural teenage rebellion or the anger at him. I never experienced those feelings as a young person.
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I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.'
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I'm fascinated by power, especially veiled power. Shadow power. The National Security Agency. The National Reconnaissance Office. Opus Dei. The idea that everything happens for reasons we're not quite seeing.
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I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
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I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me.
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I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to give birth.
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A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.
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You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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We realize that if we live in a world that depends totally on CBS.com, we'd be dead.
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When my parents were like, 'We're going to the Northwest,' I thought, 'You've gotta be kidding me.' I was so depressed. The cold weather really did not agree with me. When I moved back down to L.A. at 16, I felt like it was home - it was where I belonged.
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Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.
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For too many years, we, as a country, have suffered from a poverty of aspiration.
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I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.
