Mason Cooley Quotes
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
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Education helps you to be a well-rounded person, period. It teaches you how to take in information and data, process it, and use it for life building. Education was key in my family. You were going to college.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carried by most people who serve in the armed forces or the circumstances that push lots of folks into the military. I don't blame G.I. Joe or Rambo for that atmosphere, but they certainly reflected the final stage of a two generation cultural myth.
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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These Millennials are volunteering more; they're smarter than ever.
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At school I used to avoid dance lessons. They were the worst.
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That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.
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To give up my job as a temp and actually make a living doing comedy, it was staggering.
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Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.
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I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
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I mean, I like to be creative because it challenges me to try to be better than I am as a person and I hope that in some way that that makes someone else think and feel something about themselves that then has given them the opportunity to grow.
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Rereading, we find a new book.
