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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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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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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An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay,And glides in modest innocence away.
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If you want the world to knowWe won't let hatred growPut a little love in your heart.
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I don't want to see anyone leaving single tonight. I want everyone to leave impregnated.
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That’s physicists for you. Not exactly brimming over with poetry.
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When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. When I didn't, he moved in closer, his hands smoothing over my shoulders, and in my mind I saw myself retreating a million times when people tried to do this same thing: my sister or my mother, pulling back and into myself, tucking everything out of sight, where only I knew where to find it. This time, though, I gave in. I let Wes pull me against him, pressing my head against his chest, where I could feel his heart beating, steady and true.
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I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.
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Each generation is smarter than the generation before, and they need total diversion and encouragement and things to think about.
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Never try to leap from a standstill.
