Mason Cook Quotes
Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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As a writer, a blank page will humble the hell out of you. It always does, and it always will.
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
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His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen.
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No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn't move to other events with different tempos in particular.
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Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage ground.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear.
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Where I come from, people will spit at you if they think you support Enbridge.
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You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
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We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming.
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When you watch a film, a huge part of it is the music and the coloring and everything that comes together to create such a unique film. So, reading the script, I had no idea what it was gonna be.
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It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you've done the 'Wild Thing' video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you're not gonna top that.
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The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody.
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I'm a religious broadcaster.
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But it's always really difficult to find someone that has the qualities to be a great accompanist.
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I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.
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Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.
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You tend to find the best in yourself as an artist when you're challenged.
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My character is just an extension of me. The in-ring work, the things that will always be said about me: Big, overbearing, powerful, in-your-face, couldn't wrestle - I never needed to wrestle. Why did I need to learn how to wrestle? Did Hulk Hogan need to learn how to wrestle? Nope. Is Hulk Hogan a good athlete? Nope.
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If you're a conservative, you think I'm Satan.
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The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist.
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A lot of men are very possessive and they want to control you. But as you grow older, you attract people who are on your wavelength and who understand who you are.
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Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him.
