Astley Cooper Quotes
I have made many mistakes myself; in learning the anatomy of the eye I dare say, I have spoiled a hatfull; the best surgeon, like the best general, is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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If you have drive and energy, everything is possible.
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When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.
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I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
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Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.
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You are only as good as the people you dress.
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Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
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You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself.
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I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.
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That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.
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There's something grounded about 'Ugly Americans,' so I think it's good that I'm playing a version of myself in these elevated cartoon circumstances.
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The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.
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I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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I have carried bills concerning Sudan. I've carried bills concerning Congo. I've carried bills concerning North Korea and Iran and Iraq.
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I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
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I have made many mistakes myself; in learning the anatomy of the eye I dare say, I have spoiled a hatfull; the best surgeon, like the best general, is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
