Mason Cooley Quotes
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Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.
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The man in the street is always a stranger.
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Malice is always authentic and sincere.
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If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.
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There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
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The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.
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Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
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Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.
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Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.
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The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
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Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.
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Documents create a paper reality we call proof.
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Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
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Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
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Young men preen. Old men scheme.
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People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
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Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.
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I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
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A blocked path also offers guidance.
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Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
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Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
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To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
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Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.
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Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.