Andrew Mayer Cohen (Mayer Hawthorne) Quotes
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We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.
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I know how to treat my voice to make it sound as good as it possibly can - which is still not that good.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
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A secret is a secret in my mind.
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I wanted to be on 'Saturday Night Live' since I was ten.
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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
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If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.
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I do think you need to understand a character's motivation and perspective.
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'It Girl' is such a weird term. It implies I go to parties and drink champagne.
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It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.
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Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people.
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I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.
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If any country were indeed filled with men, each thus diligently discharging the duties of his own station without breaking in upon the rights of others, but on the contrary endeavoring, so far as he might be able, to forward their views and promote their happiness, all would be active and harmonious in the goodly frame of human society.
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In Russia, you really learn about a person.
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Originality provokes originality.
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Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.