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Lynn Coady Quotes

A bunch of chairs lined up in front of a podium equals school.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: January 24, 1970

Topics

School Up Front Podium Equals Bunch

I'm a sportsman. You know, I go out clay shooting and put three shells in.

You Go Know Three Shells Shooting

My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!

I Am Brother Me Sister Perfect Well

The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Wine More Fair Open-Minded Different

I grew up in a small town where I went to the movies a lot and fell in love with all these people. I also fell in love with the movie business. So all I saw were actors on the screen so I thought, well, that's what I have to be if I want to be a part of the movie business.

Love Business People Small Thought

As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling.

Looking Story Reality Audience Bring

Dad has worked as a banker at the same firm in Boston, living in the same suburban neighborhood for over 50 years. Later in life, when I got out of graduate school and imagined myself living the life of a writer like Hemingway or Kerouac, his practical self inevitably encouraged me to get a steady a job and raise a family, just like he did.

Life Family Myself Job School Me

Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money.

Money Happy People Enough Want More

One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.

Live People You Acting Price Pay

How can a president not be an actor?

Actor President How

Giving back to the communities and institutions that helped us achieve success is a value we share and a privilege we embrace.

Success Value Giving Back Achieve

I'm in a position to do exactly what I want. I travel quite a lot. I read prodigiously. I go to the theater, to concerts. London is a wonderful city to live in.

Live Travel City Go Want London

It's an institution that was born with my brother Chetan and me. I did it for him. I was becoming a big star in the late 1940s, and he needed a company to make films. So when he left Navketan, I brought in Goldie, and when Goldie left, I carried on alone. No book on Indian cinema is complete without mention of Navketan.

Alone Brother Me Book Cinema Born

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