Jim Cooper Quotes
We need to take politics out of health care. Congress will cave to pretty much any special interest on the subject.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.
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It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
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Everything in the world starts small and then becomes bigger—except bad things. They start big, and then get smaller.
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There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.
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There's damsels in distress out there, and we got all this beer.
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I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.
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We need to take politics out of health care. Congress will cave to pretty much any special interest on the subject.
