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That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then people clamour for you to make speeches and tell them what you think about the world. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#always #aspects #clamour #competence #fame

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#any #delicious #disagreeable #element #manifests

I'm used to a very busy schedule. Right now it revolves around training and preparing for Nationals in January. I'm usually at the rink from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and then I attend public school for two hours, three times per week. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#attend #busy #hours #i #january

Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#boys and girls #consider #decide #did #different

With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood. ↗

— Jim Coleman

#brothers #create #fraternity #had #help

I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#commissions #composer #feel #good #gotten

In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part. ↗

— Jeremy Collier

#almost #civilized #constantly #depends #existence

Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason. ↗

— Archibald Cox

#been #centuries #concerned #disputes #enable

All of my books have the potential to become movies, it's just a question of finding a studio who wants to get behind me and put up the money to make the movie. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#behind #books #finding #get #just

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy. ↗

— John Churton Collins

#difficult #easy #fails #fool #often