Adam Cooper Quotes
Giving English to an American is like giving sex to a child. He knows it's important but he doesn't know what to do with it.
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You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
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I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.
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The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
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This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.
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As a child, I went to peace and ERA marches on the back of my mom and grandmother. Through them I learned that I wanted to find a way to make the world a more kind, compassionate place.
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What it is now is basically, I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac. And how it works is, say - I have a program called 'Ableton Live.' And, you know, you'll open it up, and it's just blank. There's nothing there. And then you start.
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I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.
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I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about.
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We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.
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Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did.
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'The Bone Season' is violent. There's sex. My little brother keeps asking to read it, and he's 9, so I'm like, 'No, it's not happening.'
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I have full confidence in the ability of Foo Fighters' audiences to distinguish between questioning HIV and the obvious value of safe-sex practices.
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I definitely know I'm going to be working a lot more with my foundation when it comes to developing the kids in Jamaica.
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You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.
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One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.
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I've come to realize how much it really was a part of my upbringing, the Georgia part. We were away from town. It was just dirt and trees and spouses. And a lot of kids - my cousins, who were all like brothers and sisters to me - just a lot of kids at one time.
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So she viewed time spent in the land of the normal as an investigation into the world of marriage-worthy men, even if she was unsure about her own interest in marriage. There must be one solid citizen who also had a spark of life, a sense of humor and adventure.
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One of my favorite memories from growing up in Brazil is being in the kitchen with my family and watching everyone bake and cook.
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Turn up your radio. Watch lots of telly and eat loads of choc. Feel guilty. Stay up all night. Learn everything in six hours that has taken you two years to compile. That's how I did it.
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Giving English to an American is like giving sex to a child. He knows it's important but he doesn't know what to do with it.
