Andrew Mayer Cohen (Mayer Hawthorne) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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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The way I usually put it is that as an SF writer, I'm never required to be right.
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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 love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family.
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I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each other right, then I can be African-American, I can be multi-racial, I can be you name it, what matters is, am I showing people respect, am I caring for one, for other people.
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It's hard for me to believe that just my words on the page are enough. I ought to be out physically keeping abortion safe and legal, restoring the Fourth Amendment, getting clean water back into Kentucky since the Bush Administration has allowed strip miners to fill it all up with slag. The list is endless. Bring it down. Make it small. Make it one thing that you can do. It's very hard for me to remember that.
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Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.
