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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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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Since the founding of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other mainstays of what technology writers have come to call 'the social Web' or 'Web 2.0,' a sizable portion of humanity has learned to be together while apart, sacrificing intimacy for control and spontaneity for predictability.
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'Take Me Apart' doesn't feel cohesive in a singular way but in a varied way. You can fixate on individual songs, and there are references from all over the place: Anita Baker to Bjork. I wanted to show all the facets of myself.
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I thought about being an actor, and I thought about directing, but writing truly became something I needed to do just to stay sane.
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People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
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There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.
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The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.
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I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.
