Mason Cooley Quotes
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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A lot of people don't like me.
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I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.
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The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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I want to write my own stuff, and, you know, it would be nice to put myself in it. But I would like to hope that there are going to be better roles offered as well and that I don't need to do everything. You know, like, I appreciate my career being somewhat DIY, but it would be nice to get some help.
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I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon.
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Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.
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It is not fun singing about losing somebody like that, but at the same time it was easy to write because the memories were so real and vivid and so much a part of who I am.
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
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Books are really fun because your 'voice' is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience. You will have an editor, but their job is to help you clarify or improve your voice, not change it.
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I think we love watching rich people behave badly. It has a sort of grisly fascination for us.
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The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation.
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City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.
