Mason Cooley Quotes

• Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

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  Happiness, Attitude, Book

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• The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.

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  Fall, Doe, Patterns

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• Never invite to dinner: those who won't decide until the last minute; those who come more than half an hour late; those who want to bring along two or three friends; drunks; monologists; those who stay until three o'clock in the morning; those who think that conversation means having an argument; those who take a high moral tone; those who are stupid, ugly, or dull. Enforcement of these rules will enable one to eat alone every night in comfort.

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  Morning, Stupid, Mean

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• You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.

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  Happiness, Thinking, Miserable

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• Listen to what people say about themselves; they will tell you everything you need to know.

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  People, Needs, Knows

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• Nudity is the costume of lovers and corpses.

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  Costumes, Lovers, Nudity

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• Thoughts can be revised. Deeds cannot.

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  Thinking, Thoughtful, Deeds

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• Self-conscious? Try a wig, a corset, a veil, a beard. Or cultivate shamelessness.

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  Self, Trying, Wigs

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• Trust, but look for the exits.

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  Trust, Exit, Looks

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• The powerless worship Luck and Fate.

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  Fate, Luck, Worship

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• Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.

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  Trust, Im Sorry, Father Son

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• We make some changes. But mostly changes make us.

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  Change

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• The power of the past does not depend on our knowledge of it.

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  Past, Doe, Depends

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• Regretting the past does not prevent me from repeating it.

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  Regret, Past, Doe

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• Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real.

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  Pain, Real, Joy

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• Why not - is a slogan for an interesting life.

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  Interesting, Why Not, Interesting Life

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• To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.

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  Money

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• A sheep who goes looking for a wolf is sure to find one.

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  Sheep, Gone

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• Age: I go slower as time goes faster.

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  Time, Age, Gone

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• Nobody likes to offer stupidity as an excuse.

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  Stupidity, Likes, Excuse

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• Love talks and talks. Lust is brief and to the point.

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  Love, Lust, Love Lust

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• Men and women would be even more unhappy if they really understood one another.

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  Knowledge, Men, Unhappy

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• Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.

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  Vices, Sometimes, Virtue

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• Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

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  Inspirational, Halloween, Autumn

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• Complaining is the favorite pastime of millions.

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  Complaining, Complaints, Pastime

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