Mason Cooley Quotes
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I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
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I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
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Death, only, renders hope futile.
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I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
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You can learn a lot from somebody's video bio: if you're not going to gel with the actor or a crew.
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In a way, the popularity of Corona came too fast for its own good, initially. We took a few steps back.
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You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.
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It is not good for ordinary people to say, 'I am He.' The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves? The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.
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This is about getting into a corporation, screwing it up, putting in poison pills so your competitor can’t swallow it…. Very intricate game played in the 1980’s…. Mike Milken did it with junks bonds, Drexel Burnham.
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Apart from my heart, I feel everything grows old in me. Even my heart has something artificial. It has been sewn by the dancers in a soft, pink satin purse like their shoes.
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The ultimate test on the way to establishing an ideal civilization encouraging ideal human behavior was to look bravely beyond gender, color, ethnic origin, religious difference, and class distinctions to discover and honor the value of each unique individual.
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A novelty loses nothing by the fact that it is a novelty; it rather gains something, and particularly if it meets the national fancy for the terse, the vivid, and, above all, the bold and imaginative.
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I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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As a kid, I used to be equal parts drawn to and horrified of the circus. They would have these beautiful canvas posters for Lobster Boy, bearded women, and this and that.
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We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'
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I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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If I play hard to get, soon the phone stops ringing altogether.
