Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 23

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

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  Father, Matriarchy, Patriarch

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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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• I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.

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  Literature, Prime, Knows

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• I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

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  Book, Literature, Make Me Happy

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• Laughing at our friends, we avenge the disappointment they have caused.

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  Disappointment, Funny Friend, Laughing

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• Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.

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  Art, Self, Hypocrisy

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• I win on my merits; my opponents win by cheating.

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  Cheating, Winning, Opponents

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• A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.

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  Love, Frogs, Enchanted

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• Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.

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  Determination, Nice, Hard Work

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• The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.

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  Birthday, Journey, Hiking

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• The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little.

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  Suffering, Littles, Too Much

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• I cling to depression, thinking it a form of truth.

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  Depression, Thinking, Form

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• Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.

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  Art, Fun, Lying

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