Jackie Cooper Quotes
So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things.
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'
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I love recording music.
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Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ultimate'. I guess the obvious would be Tom Hanks, because he really is as fun and as genuine as he comes across in his films and interviews.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed.
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I just finished 'Butter' for Weinstein, a comedy with this incredible cast - Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Alicia Silverstone - all-star cast and it was a fun set to be on. I've gotten really lucky to get all these down-to-earth cast members. 'Butter' is about butter carving in Iowa.
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I have never believed in the fallacy that the federal government can buy its way out of economic troubles through needless spending. For that reason, I am proud to oppose 'stimulus' packages and endless corporate bailouts, which will do little but weaken the long-term integrity of the American economy.
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Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.
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I always loved Kate Winslet, but after you meet her you really love her because she's a cool chick.
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Marge, you being a cop makes you the man! Which makes me the woman - and I have no interest in that, besides occasionally wearing the underwear, which as we discussed, is strictly a comfort thing.
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So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things.
