Mason Cooley Quotes
Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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To the best of my knowledge, my youngest reader is 10 and the oldest is 95.
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On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.
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My wife likes me to point out that she puts our daughter down to sleep more often than I do, which gives me time to write stupid books about it.
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There were times when I thought I would never own a car.
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Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.
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I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.
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There were songs I would write about breaking up with somebody before I broke up with them, months and months before I broke up with them.
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We must improvise, and we must experiment, and we must do things that might go wrong, and everything we bring - the people and the equipment - must serve us in that goal.
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'Crystal Fairy' was one of the first movies I did after I recommitted to the idea of acting.
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You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
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Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.
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Rue Froidevaux seemed to go on forever, as if the distances stretched to infinity.
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Of course Celia shits! Who doesn't? And how much worse if she didn't.
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'Recent Gains in the Quest for Peace' in The World tomorrow Vol. 11, No. 1 (January 1928), p. 8; including a quote from the Communist song 'The Advancing Proletaire.'
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Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.
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I enjoy playing and singing as much today as I ever did. I don’t have to work, but I do it because it’s rewarding personally. I could live if I couldn’t do it anymore, but I truly enjoy it, and will do it for another couple years at least.
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What the Internet offers is this completely unfiltered transmission of thought to thought, of psyche to psyche, and whatever you're feeling, you can just sort of put it down and send it out there, and you can do it all in the confines of your room, without any actual contact.
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At the end of the day, I'm greatly appreciative of all the fans that I was able to acquire over the years.
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The way black women say "girl" can be magical. Frankly, I have no solid beliefs about the survival of consciousness after physical death. But if it's going to happen I know what I want to see after my trek toward the light. I want to see a black woman who will smile and say, "Girl....
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Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
