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Sebastian Coe Quotes

When the subsidies are going out there to fund arts, I'd like to see jazz given a better shake of the dice. It attracts as many people as opera does, but not the subsidies.

Sebastian Coe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: british
Birth: September 29, 1956

Topics

People Better Jazz Opera See Out

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

John Lynch

Confidence Integrity Government Open

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

John James Audubon

Nature Up Becoming Acquainted Grew

I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father.

Michael Douglas

Father Identity Pressure Finding Own

I mean, why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last?

Amanda Seyfried

Girl Hope Great Amazing Saying Long

I'm really into Spider-Man, in particular. Since I was a little kid.

Stephanie Sigman

Kid Little Spider-Man Since Really

American exceptionalism is the recurring character in the nation's narrative.

Ron Fournier

Character American Nation Narrative

I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row, then down another, and try not to look up too often to see how far you still have to go.

Ron Rash

Writing Think Long You Look Down

There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better.

Mary Steenburgen

Simple Words Arrogance Better Look

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

Michael Schenker

Day Every Day Done Two Years Four

I'm a huge art buff.

Jason Momoa

Art Huge Buff

I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every book comes to me in a flash of inspiration and takes me about two seconds to finish. The longer books, like the 'Time Warp Trio' novels, take a little longer to write - more like four seconds.

Jon Scieszka

Change Time School Me Book Never

Women need to lead the way to change our culture of burnout - both for their sake and also for the sake of successful men who desperately need a new model of success. And the still-very-macho world of STEM is a great place to start.

Arianna Huffington

Change Success Women Great Culture