Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 21

• My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.

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  Father, Matriarchy, Patriarch

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• Work at first rescues us, then ravages us.

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  Work, Firsts, Rescue

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• Wit puts politicians at risk.

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  Risk, Politics, Politician

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• A moment of eloquence enthralls us. An hour's worth leaves us stupefied.

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  Moments, Hours, Eloquence

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• Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony.

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  Strong, Irony, Enough

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• The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.

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  Inspiration, Delight, Irony

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• Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.

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  Baby, Self, Resentment

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• A sympathetic look always makes me feel sorry for myself.

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  Sympathy, Sorry, Looks

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• My struggles with myself seldom reach aerobic level.

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  Struggle, Levels, My Struggle

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• The depressed fall back exhausted from every undertaking.

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  Depression, Fall, Exhausted

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• When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.

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  Trust, Understanding, Would Be

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• I trust you because I need you.

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  Trust, Needs, Need You

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• Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.

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  Issues, Cynicism

  "City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1989.

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• Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.

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  Country, Power, Cities

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• Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.

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  Fun, Vices, Virtue

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• Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.

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  Lying, Literature, Path

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• If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.

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  Art, Law, Interesting

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• Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.

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  Confused, Literature, Exhausted

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• Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

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  Literature, Dull, Might

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• The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.

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  Passion, Literature, Conflict

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• Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.

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  Self, Hatred, Literature

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• Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.

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  Mirrors, Trying, Literature

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• My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

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  Book, Desire, Literature

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• If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.

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  Thinking, Long, Literature

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• In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.

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  Passion, Bridges, Literature

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