Mason Cooley Quotes
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
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While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.
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We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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I'm in a constant state of gratitude.
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My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.
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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw.
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We've got 942 friends on Facebook, but when was the last time we spent an afternoon sitting in High Park with one of them?
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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History's lesson, of course, is that attempts to suppress free expression have merely confirmed the caricaturists' original critique of heavy-handed and objectionable actions of overreaching governments.
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I took two or three months and I came up with a reason that I thought was enough and I went with it: if there is a God he's definitely not benevolent. We should mean less to him than ants. And if there is a God or there are gods they would value, more than anything, free will.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.
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I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get.
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Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
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If I could have the discipline to be super-skinny, I would be.
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Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don't dream football, I dream the American dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.
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My number one goal is to take over the music business and run a really great record company.
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When the catcher throws down a curveball, I'm like, 'Okay, I can definitely do that.' If I miss with it, I'm still ready to throw it again.
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Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can' meant to stay a teenager forever. What I meant was keep doing whatever makes you feel alive.
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Research the leaders in fields related to yours, synthesize their findings, and see how you can apply their hard-won wisdom to your work. Stand on their shoulders, and then make a leap into new territory that is distinctly yours.
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People want a little excitement. I tell the truth, but I do it theatrically.
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I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.
