Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 5

• A goldfish is reason enough for living, if someone needs a reason.

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  Life, Needs, Goldfish

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• Being charming takes time and effort, and I am busy.

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  Time, Effort, Busy

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• One's fetishes are fascinating, but not because of their beauty or significance. The same could be said for one's genitals, or one's children.

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  Beauty, Children, Said

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• Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age.

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  Age, Eras, Worship

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• A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time.

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  Time, Anxiety, Free Spirit

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• What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.

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  Lying, Appearance, Behinds

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• I have forgiven you. Nevertheless, begone!

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  Forgiveness, Forgiven, Nevertheless

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• Theory can leave questions unanswered, but practice has to come up with something.

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  Practice, Come Up, Theory

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• By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.

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  Thinking, Thoughtful, Want

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• Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands.

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  Demand, Lists, Exception

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• Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them.

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  Faces, Mask, Seems

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• Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.

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  Enemy, Literature, Sometimes

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• The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind.

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  Mind, Information, Literature

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• Fears and lies intensify consciousness.

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  Lying, Deceit, Consciousness

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• Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating.

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  Trying, Causes, Trembling

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• Those who follow where their genitals lead them often wind up in tedious company.

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  Wind, Lust, Company

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• Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

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  Children, Parent, Literature

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• Glamour looks eloquent but seldom talks.

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  Looks, Glamour, Eloquent

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• Artistic inspiration ignores the law of supply and demand.

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  Inspirational, Law, Demand

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• If you belong to the underclass, you are already guilty.

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  Guilty, Ifs

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• The narcissist enjoys being looked at and not looking back.

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  Narcissism, Narcissist, Enjoy

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• Forget what hurt you but never forget what it thaught you.

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  Letting Go, Hurt, Moving Forward

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• Passion cooks. Reason cleans.

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  Passion, Reason, Cooks

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• The desire to be significant casts a pall.

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  Desire, Significant, Significance

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• Later is always my first choice.

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  Procrastination, Choices, Firsts

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