Mason Cooley quotes - page 9

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. (Mason Cooley)
Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content. View quote
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Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation. View quote
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The beloved is the ultimate fetish. View quote
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In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners. View quote
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Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge. View quote
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Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity. View quote
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For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect. View quote
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Never try to leap from a standstill. View quote
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In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing. View quote
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Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name. (Mason Cooley)
If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined. View quote
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Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. View quote
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We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues. View quote
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Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism. View quote
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Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it. View quote
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Good parties create a temporary youthfulness. View quote
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Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends. View quote
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Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes. View quote
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Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end. View quote
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Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back. (Mason Cooley)
No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime. View quote
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Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. View quote
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Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love. View quote
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Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation. View quote
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