Mason Cooley Quotes
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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I have a friendship with Hezbollah, and I also have contacts outside of Lebanon, but it doesn't mean I follow anyone's agenda.
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Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
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Keep your eye on the ball.
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African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
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You do something you're really quite proud of, and the public doesn't like it. Then you do something that perhaps you're not at all happy with and the public loves it. And that's the moment of truth, because it's the audience that's the final judge.
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Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.
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I've never been much for theory and scales.
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You have to be you. You can't be anybody else. If you speak loudly, and people tell you to speak quietly, you can do it for a little bit, but loud people are loud, and people who are not, are not.
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Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.
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Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
