Caroline B. Cooney Quotes
Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.
Quotes to Explore
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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I want to eliminate the basis of problems and basis of crime, and basis of terrorism.
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I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting mirror and do their thing, pose, dance. I love that moment!
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.
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I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient - and so behave that way. I thought old people were full of aches and pains and horrible illnesses.
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That's the one regret I have in all the years that I've played professional sports, that I didn't win a championship in the N.F.L. And that's why you play on any level of team sports: you want to win a championship as part of a team.
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If I do decide to review a product, I sometimes negotiate with a company the timing of the review but never its outcome or tone. I sometimes strive to be the first to publish a review, but I never promise a good review in exchange for that timing.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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There's something called latent PTSD. It manifests itself in different ways. I want to be free of it, but I'm not.
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My chief identity, to my mind, was not 'writer' but 'college dropout.'
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You have to pay attention, like with tours and expenses; you have to factor that all in. You want to play music for the rest of your life, you have to pay attention to all the things. You want to know what's always going on.
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I'm really not that good at Guitar Hero!
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After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful.
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Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in direct contrast with over half of today's American families.
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Should Filipinos decide to have me as their leader, I will ensure that just like in Makati, everyone will benefit from whatever development our country would attain. No one will be left behind.
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What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.
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Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.
