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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Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives.
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You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.
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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears.
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Polygamy was not a problem in the '80s. I do not remember one single woman in Baghdad who was the second or third wife. Now it's a very common story. Sometimes two wives living with a man in a 5 by 10 foot room. It's a very miserable economic situation.
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Parents should keep 'Eyes Wide Open' next to the 'Kinsey Report' on their shelves.
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Never try to leap from a standstill.
