Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes
Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life.
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I cook everything from Italian to Cajun food. I have now mastered the roux for gumbo. I love cooking.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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Well, I've been acting for 50 years now, professionally. I've been acting a lot longer. My mother reckons I was acting when I got out of the womb. But because I've been working in the theater, I've probably only done about 25 movies but I've done more than 100 plays.
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So, it looks like we rebuild the village and blow it apart a few more times.
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There's been times where I sold the place out, and I walked in and the guy's like, 'Uh, ID?' 'No, you can't ID me, man. I just sold this place out.' People are just doing their jobs, but I think if you're working the door at a venue where there's a headliner, you should at least be like, 'OK, this is the dude.'
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Let's just start with the word 'diva.' It is obviously a sexist slight - a term that is only applied to women, almost always in a derogatory way. It's usually applied to women who are viewed as overly ambitious. It is applied to demanding women, to women who follow their own path.
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I went to an all-girls school, and I always felt like I missed out on a traditional high-school life.
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We are all familiar with the dove carrying an olive branch as a peace offering. The jewelry I've created pays tribute both to the messenger's noble mission and gardens as a refuge of peace and tranquility.
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I've been left at the altar now a couple of times.
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The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?
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I suppose there's an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.
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And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree.
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When I was at the Royal Ballet School, I remember receiving my first eyeshadow palette from Marks & Spencer as a gift. It sparked my interest in beauty, which peaked when I became more involved in theatre and got to experience so many stunning image transformations to suit different productions.
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While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.
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Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life.
