Chris Cooper Quotes
Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on.
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My favorite wrestler growing up was Dean Malenko. He was a very technical wrestler, and when I trained with Shawn Michaels, he wasn't that kind of a technical wrestler. So, when I finally met Regal in 2001, he was that kind of a wrestler, and all of a sudden, I could ask him things, and he would know what I was talking about and how to do it.
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When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I ever heard.' I'm thinking, 'That lyric just moves me. That lyric just said what I feel better than I could say it myself.'
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You reach a point where you don't work for money.
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I can tell you Donald Trump's products may not be made in America, but Donald Trump was made in America.
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At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the books. The hard-line sanctions skeptics have their own self-interested reasons for opposing sanctions, but they ground their opposition in claims that America uses sanctions to inflict punishment for punishment's sake.
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Custom reconciles us to everything.
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
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There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it.
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I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake.
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It's not the time to look for excuses.
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I've always wanted to walk the whole of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which winds 184.5 miles from Georgetown to Cumberland, Maryland.
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The more closely you get in touch with your dreams, the more able you are to make them real. The more vividly you consider how you want your world to be, the more real and effective tools you will have for making it so.
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I had skate wing in London. I had mine grilled with lemon and herbs, and it was the perfect seasoning for that fish.
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I still care a lot about my personal style, and since moving to New York and having a little more control over my own money, I've been able to make my 12-year-old fashion nerd dream comes true.
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I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
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It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the birth of your child. You have to be there to really know what it's like.
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Being in jail, it's humbled me in a way I never imagined.
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The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
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Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul.
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Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on.
