Chris Cooper Quotes
I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.
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At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One time, the teacher announced that we would be gassing worms. So I ran around the room, gathered up all the worms and set them free in the fields. I just loved animals and couldn't bear the thought of them suffering.
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On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the Right, the best and brightest go make money. Very few conservatives want to endure all the nonsense you have to put up with to run for office.
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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.
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Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
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I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
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The ordinary man considers solids and liquids and the energy manifestations of the material world to be vastly different, but the yogi sees them as various vibrations of the one cosmic light.
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While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing and teach it equally well. This is one of the many delusions borne of political correctness.
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My life is just a series of mistakes and regrets of varying degrees.
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Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.
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Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.
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Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle.
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I can clean my own house. Now, maybe a couple of times a year we have a cleaning crew come in before we have a party, but otherwise, I'm able to maintain it myself.
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Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
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The thing constantly overlooked by those hopefuls who talk about abolishing war is that it is by no means an evidence of decay but rather a proof of health and vigor.
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You can't function in society if you don't involve yourself in the fictions society accepts about time. But you do so with the understanding that you're playing a game.
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I care about how you feel when you're wearing something, because I think that if you feel confident, you look beautiful.
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I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.
