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Joel Coen Quotes

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer.

Joel Coen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: November 29, 1954

Topics

Job Yourself Writing Expectations

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.

John Calvin

God Men Man Back Gate Salvation

Every day that I am healthy, I want to use that day to its fullest now.

Amy Purdy

Day I Am Every Day Healthy Now Want

I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such a good feeling. I'm really having a good time out there.

Stefan Edberg

Good Time Having A Good Time You Out

For writers, you just have to have the ability to not restrict your imagination. Men can write about women; women can write about men. Straight people can write about gay people; gay people can write about straight people.

Mike O'Malley

Women Men Imagination People You

I grew up in the Ukraine 'til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A.

Mila Kunis

Up Ukraine About Then Moved Grew

Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists.

Mitchell Baker

Technology People Some People Artists

The light dims a little bit as you get older and new generations come along. But it's around the holidays when I am remembered the most. It is very special, and I get a kick out of it now as much as I did when I first started.

Johnny Mathis

Light I Am Holidays You New Now

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

Diane Arbus

Mother Cold Grow You Become See

A toy is seen both as a bauble and as an intellectual machine.

Brian Sutton-Smith

Intellectual Seen Toy Machine Both

The punishment of shaving a woman's head had biblical origins. In Europe, the practice dated back to the Dark Ages with the Visigoths.

Antony Beevor

Woman Practice Back Dark Punishment

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.

William Hurt

Simple Me You Existence Being Aware

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being.

William Irwin Thompson

Work Live Teacher History Culture