Paul Cook Quotes
I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.
Quotes to Explore
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.
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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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Coming out was crucial to changing attitudes about gays and lesbians: will people feel differently about abortion if they know their mother, their aunt, or their friend had one?
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Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professionalism I consider this a tremendous honor that few announcers have ever been treated to. Both Rod's and Johnny's shoes are huge; I can't think about filling them.
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I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.
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I do have too many eight-inch heels which I never get to wear.
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The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a Gilbert and Sullivan comic figure. Smooth the cheeks, and suddenly the ear lobes and hands look out of place. Do we run around in October, painting the gold leaves green?
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
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I thought about cricket a lot. I needed to get out of this bubble of mine. I found it in books and conversations with other people about other things. I was a curious person, and this was my release. I like being challenged intellectually. I hated at the end of the day to talk cricket to someone else.
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How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?
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Unlike Texas Rangers, we actors don't have a stop date, so I don't know about retiring. Sometimes I want to stop acting, but then you get a good script!
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In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized.
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I like to do my principal research in bars, where people are more likely to tell the truth or, at least, lie less convincingly than they do in briefings and books.
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I didn't have this feeling that I should be a leading actor in the cinema. And I wouldn't want the responsibility of the opening weekend.
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The development of our minds and our destination in future lives is in our hands. No one else can help us. It is very important that we each take responsibility for ourselves. Sustain mindfulness 24 hours a day. Thank you. That is all.
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I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.
