Mason Cooley Quotes
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Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
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We need to think about how we teach working-class children about not just hard skills, like reading and mathematics, but also soft skills, like conflict resolution and financial management.
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When people are away from home, they do things they might not normally do.
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I don't wear a bikini on the beach. I walk around my house in pyjamas. I haven't seen myself naked in the mirror for probably a decade. I'm very prudish.
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Thus in such a Labour Party there can be no question of independent policy.
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I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.
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I fully credit my family for keeping me grounded and for putting me back in line whenever necessary.
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
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You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.
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Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite.
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The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
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Poetry is not Irish or any other nationality; and when writers such as Messrs. Clarke, Farren and the late F. R. Higgins pursue Irishness as a poetic end, they are merely exploiting incidental local colour.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.
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If you have 'too big to fail' for cities or for states, and they believe they'll be bailed out, they'll continue to make unwise decisions.
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Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.
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Video meliora, proboque, deteriora sequor.
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Oh me, I have been struck a mortal blow right inside.
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Something rubs off from everything you read, observe, and tinker with.
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Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.
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You have to capitalise on any success you have and keep doing what you do as well as you can. But how do you define success? In my book, it's to be playing those parts you saw your idols - Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave - playing when they were the age you are now.
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Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.
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I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies. I did it as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared about, and also to learn a lot by watching filmmakers I admired. In a sense, it was my film school. After doing it for a few years, I decided that the time had come to get it together and do some work of my own. Even for a cheap movie, you need film stock and equipment and actors. Whereas to write, all you need is paper and an idea, so I felt that writing might be my stepping stone.
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Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.
