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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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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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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When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
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I wish you would be more true to your demographic profile. Life is confusing enough.
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We're born man, woman and sexual beings.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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You can learn to write. But what you write is something that depends on your taste and on your vision or whatever. Also, of course, the music I listened to inspired my idea of music. When people ask me "Where's your inspiration? Where does it come from?" I have no idea. Music is about music. Not about life and love.
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We don't have much in the way of a business strategy. Like no business plan. Which I say to torment all my friends who are VCs or MBAs. That's always entertaining. The deal is, it's a mixture of luck and persistence.
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City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.
