James F. Cooper Quotes
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
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Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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The stratosphere is a hostile place.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.
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Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.
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Everyone around me was super-cool and laid back and skinny and tan and volleyball-y, and I was just this neurotic kid who was singing 'Annie Get Your Gun.'
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, which is insane. I tried that. It takes like a day and a half to eat a sandwich. But their basic idea is right. If you chew, you'll eat slower and you will get more nutrients.
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Upon stepping foot on the moon, Buzz remarked to Houston, 'Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation.'
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If it can be dreamed, it can be done.
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You never know when it's going to be your last time to step onto the field.
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If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence, sportsmanship and international goodwill is plenty noble. But the modern Olympics are at best a vehicle for agitprop; at worst, a scandal magnet.
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Nature does nothing without a purpose. In children may be observed the traces and seeds of what will one day be settled psychological habits, though psychologically a child hardly differs for the time being from an animal.
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Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
