Kim Coates Quotes

When I decided to go to university I didn't know what I wanted to do. When I had an opportunity to take an elective I took Drama by chance, even though I'd never taken a Drama course or even been in a play in high school. Two years later I was majoring in Drama and I knew I wanted to be an actor.

Kim Coates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: January 2, 1959

Topics

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You kind of create your own moral universe. It's like, well, I like myself. If other people don't like me, then whatever. I'm out of here.

Jessica Cutler

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I think it's important to not just speak to like-minded people.

Jenny Slate

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I think I am becoming obsessive-compulsive. David Beckham apparently turns all the Diet Coke cans in his fridge to face the same way every morning, and I nerdily sharpen all the pencils in my pot before sitting down to work.

Andrew O'Hagan

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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

Anatole France

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I think it's the great thing about having kids. They have interests that you might not have, and it opens your horizons.

Robert Martin

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There's a lot of mystery just inherent in the story of 'Descender.' There's sort of a central mystery that runs throughout it.

Jeff Lemire

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It took me a while to understand the meaning of a franchise: the reasons why you see lawyer, doctor, cop shows. It's not because anyone in their right mind says, 'You know, what's the most fascinating thing in the world?' It's because you need something new that happens every week in a frame.

Amy Bloom

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In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.

Steve Jobs

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I've never liked the moment of seeing something beautiful - a sunset, a moose, an elephant - and then raising a camera and trying to capture it for some future moment. That's always struck me as strange.

Joseph Monninger

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I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.

Jonny Wilkinson

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I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end of the world. And I look at it as that was one moment in your life, one chapter. That person helped you grow and figure out what kind of person you want to be with in the future.

Colbie Caillat

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I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They'll let you know things that you didn't know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise.

Brendan Gleeson

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