Mason Cooley Quotes
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As I age, I become more and more happy with what I see in the mirror. At some point, that's going to stop.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.
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I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.
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I'm an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
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We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of earnings. We need to explicitly take the quality of our work-related life into account in judging our well-being.
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I would do anything and I will continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare.
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For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
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The juices never stop flowing. I still write songs.
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When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who's incredibly serene, I can't seem to stop sleeping because she's asleep all the time. It's a pattern.
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When I'm writing books, something weird happens; and the result is the books contain a large amount of what you could call 'supernaturalism.' As a writer, I find I need that to explain the world I'm writing about.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.
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If you stop and think about who was in the 'Lassie' movies, it's difficult to think who was in them, apart from Elizabeth Taylor. You remember the dog, not the people! So if you're going to be in a movie, and it's called 'Gremlins', it's going to be about Gremlins, and what people are going to remember are the Gremlins.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
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I want to talk about jobs and health care and pension security and what we're going to do to stop the brain drain in Ohio and make it possible for our young people to stay here and build a life in Ohio rather than in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or God knows where.
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You can always get better. The day you stop getting better is the day you shouldn't be living. Gotta constantly improve and continue to grow within yourself.
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Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.
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I hope the Jews did kill Christ, I'd do it again in a second.
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It's all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did.
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Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
