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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As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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Once you become tagged as anything, it becomes difficult to shake it, because the less imaginative people in the business want you to do what worked for the last guy. That's always been something I've had to deal with.
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Violence must be inflicted once for all; people will then forget what it tastes like and so be less resentful. Benefits must be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
