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 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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People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.
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I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.
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Bologna is a deli meat for people with eyes.
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I tend to be shy in asking people for photos - other actors that I really like and admire.
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My mother had a very open-minded philosophy about having children: that they should be free to develop in their own way.
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Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones.
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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.
