Charles Horton Cooley Quotes
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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I always watch the work I do.
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After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film.
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The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
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I am very much aware of my own double self. The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work - he is in touch with the child. He is not rational; he is impulsive and extremely emotional.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week.
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
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Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
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My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.
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The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
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A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
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I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of preparations before the Olympic Games, where I am aiming to race well, work well through the rounds, post good times and maybe even a personal best time on the biggest stage of them all.
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I see all these people talking about acting as a great spiritual thing. It's not. There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do, but you have to work hard at it. It's about asking questions and using your imagination.
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If you're happy with who you are, that's going to show, and you don't have to apologize for anything.
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I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.
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I've shown, for twenty-plus years, with a legacy that will be talked about way after I'm gone, that I am different.
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Life isn't complicated. It's very simple, really. It's us who make it complicated.
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One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
