Charles Horton Cooley Quotes
We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind.
Quotes to Explore
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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You can tell if you're going to be into a script within the first five or ten pages - if I'm not completely engaged by page 20, I just have to give up on it.
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I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
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The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.
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Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
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I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed.
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I am a writer. It's like a third arm to me.
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Little Zac had it easy – but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.
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I met Tiger Woods, and I looked in his eyes - and I saw Derek Jeter. They don't have to tell people they're good. They just prove it by the way they love the competition.
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We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind.
