Christian Cooke Quotes
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Diversified interests must exist in every community, and that system which is best calculated to promote the general interest is the one which should be adopted and adhered to with fidelity.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called 'life', expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing.
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There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge.
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The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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It's always hard to break an independent picture from the pack.
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When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
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I'm a rock and roll singer.
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My journey is so similar to everyone else's journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and we all find redemption in the light of Christ.
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Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death.
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Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.
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The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;It rains, and the wind is never weary;The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,But at every gust the dead leaves fall,And the day is dark and dreary.
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'Sounds impressive. And expensive.''Not at all.' Danziger shook his head firmly. 'It will cost, all told, only a little over three million dollars, less than the cost of two hours of war, and a better buy.'
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He saw in this light two glorious personages, one of whom spoke to him, pointing to the other, saying, 'This is my beloved Son, hear ye him.' This was a glorious vision given to this boy.
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It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me.
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But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines.
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I had a bike the first time I moved to L.A. I had a Honda and I got around on that. But I'd never ridden Harleys.
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It's interesting because what I do and what I sing is, to other people, pretty unique. I feel I'm creating my own path... and I'm working on growing as a performer.
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Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his country - bigger than all the Presidents together.
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I don't even own a bike.
