John Sherman Cooper Quotes
I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical. Remember General Nivelle, in the First World War, at Verdun? He said he had the solution and then destroyed the French Army until it mutinied.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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When I said I could beat Alexander Gustafsson in a standup fight, people laughed at me. They thought, 'No way.' But I believe in what I'm seeing every day.
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Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists.
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I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.
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As I read, I start to form clear ideas of the characters and allow myself to be a proper conduit for this author's voice so that you will feel you have been on a seductive audio journey.
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My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture.
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The problem after a war is the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?
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What motivates me now are ideas I developed 10, 20 or 30 years ago, and the feeling that these ideas may be lost if I don't push them a little bit further.
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Perception requires imagination because the data people encounter in their lives are never complete and always equivocal.
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Playing around with other people's husbands when you were 17 was bad news. Yes, I was a very naughty girl.
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It's always imperative to improve and to remain dynamic - or you'll become lunch, as opposed to serving it.
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If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.
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I'm still surprised when people tell me I look like a queen.
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When I first started out in this business, it was easy because nobody wanted anything from me. But now everyone wants something from me, so it's hard to break away and just be a songwriter.
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The financial crisis and the Great Recession left firms with excess capacity, reducing incentives to invest. If businesses expect slower growth to continue, that will also hold down investment.
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I like the energy of doing things fast. We shot 'Starred Up' in just four weeks, and we edited it in four weeks.
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I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well.
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Ballet is incestuous. This world is smaller than small.
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As companies become bigger, the global environment more competitive, and the rate of disruptive technological innovation ever faster, the value to shareholders of attracting the best possible CEO increases correspondingly.
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In the process of writing '13,' friends were asking if I was OK because I was saying things about religion or about intervening in other countries militarily that I wouldn't normally spout over dinner. In the moment of writing the play, I genuinely changed what I thought.
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I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me.
