Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes
Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in large cities than in small villages.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Surely no one can be sure he has visited Cienega; people say to themselves, do they not: 'Was it a vision; or have I, some time or other, seen dusk in a valley like this?'
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord's sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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The Internet is a toilet. It is.
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One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.
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Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.
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'Steve Jobs' is my seventh movie. I believe, if you added them up, I don't think there is more than a total of 10 minutes that takes place in a person's home. They're all in offices, courtrooms, laboratories, things like that.
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I'm 64 years old and, yeah, I went through a transition in my life last year, with the death of my son, that woke me up to a lot of things. You know, I'm perfectly happy in my own little groove. Marching along, building my company, and you know, a happy person.
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My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s era shock jock who all the teenage boys listened to in my school.
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My wife and I try not to get into each other's work too much.
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Embracing Donald Trump is embracing demographic death.
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I love the theater so much, and it's where I feel most comfortable. I love the people and the community.
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Comfort is key for me. I'm a bigger guy, so whatever fits is nice, too.
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Bush is no conservative.
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It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too challenging. Don't get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books aren't hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible.
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A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away.
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Nobody likes being told who or what they are.
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In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.
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I believe in entrepreneurs. I believe in their ability to make positive change in the world.
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I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.
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The unconventional and uninhibited way of living was a part of my life. I won't be like that now.
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This thinking that you can have every single thing you want in life is not the thinking of a feminist. It's the thinking of a toddler.
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Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in large cities than in small villages.
