Mason Cooley Quotes
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Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
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I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.
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I knew Childress was going to help me because my crew told me on the radio. I really appreciate what Richard did, but that is typical of people in this sport.
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The power structures in fashion used to be limited to western Europe and the States. That's changing.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
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The parallels between a stage and a book are compelling. You, like all authors, create 'characters' in a 'setting' who speak 'dialogue' encased in 'scenes.' Most importantly, you - like the playwright - have an 'audience.'
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Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values.
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My mum and dad used to make me stand up at dinner parties and sing to their friends.
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I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.
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We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.
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I live in Hollywood, but you can't make me love Hollywood. I'll never love Hollywood.
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'If you want someone to be ignored, then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town...'
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Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.
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Jimi Hendrix isn't as good as me!
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Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received.
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Sometimes to realize you were well, someone must come along and hurt you.
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The accomplishment that I am most proud of is that 'Free Willy' and 'Dave' got a political message out, which isn't easy to do within the constraints of studio moviemaking.
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Painting is getting in touch with the truth. It's a matter of summoning up the vision I need.
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Never try to leap from a standstill.
