Caroline B. Cooney Quotes

People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's.

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• I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.

  

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• Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.

  

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• One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'

  

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• I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.

  

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• I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself.

  

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• I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.

  

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• Along with enough sleep and taking proper supplements, I steam - in my steam shower. I find it's very healing, more than just your typical 'tea and honey.'

  

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• I have no privacy anymore.

  

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• I wanted to be ballerina, be in a band, then in drama.

  

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• Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.

  

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• I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.

  

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• I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

  

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• I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.

  

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• I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.

  

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• I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?

  

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• I wrote a lot of 'Red Queen' wrapped in a blanket, cramped up while watching the snow come down.

  

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• I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.

  

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• Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed.

  

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• As an actor, these kinds of big-comedic-centerpiece characters is just one thing that I love to do.

  

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• A New Yorker is anyone who has the guts to really live in the city.

  

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• 'The Martin Show,' the 'Jamie Foxx show,' 'Living Single,' 'The Wayans Brothers,' 'Hanging with Mr. Cooper...' Some of these shows were good, some were typical television, but they facilitated a lot of work for blacks in front of as well as behind the camera. A lot of us in Hollywood thought it was the beginning of a real racial breakthrough.

  

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• Courage was never designed for show;It isn't a thing that can come and go;It's written in victory and defeatAnd every trial a man may meet.It's part of his hours, his days and his years,Back of his smiles and behind his tears.Courage is more than a daring deed:It's the breath of life and a strong man's creed.

  

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• People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's.

  

  Caroline B. Cooney
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