Mason Cooley Quotes
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401. “I like what I do for a living. I also like NOT doing it – perhaps even more.”

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402. “People who expect deference resent mere civility.”

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403. “We often disguise our reflexes as deliberate actions.”

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404. “The Lady: a fluty voice, sensible shoes, a melancholy sense of living by rules few still remember.”

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405. “Good deal: justice for you, mercy for me.”

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406. “Undecidability is a useful category even in dealing with restaurant menus.”

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407. “Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.”

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408. “Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.”

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409. “The imaginary audience for my life is growing small and silent.”

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410. “Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.”

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411. “In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.”

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412. “Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.”

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413. “Folly always knows the answer.”

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414. “Self-analysis always cheats.”

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415. “The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.”

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416. “Some live in a state of passionate indecision.”

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417. “A beautiful woman peers out her window, as full of envy as the harridan who peers up at her from the street.”

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418. “Dreams are distorted representations of desire. So are dream- analyses.”

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419. “To succeed, find the right rut and stay with it.”

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420. “The desire to perform impedes conversation.”

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421. “Never ask a bore a question.”

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422. “The more knowledge, the clearer what the doubts are.”

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423. “Children would die of terror if they knew the folly and ignorance of their caretakers.”

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424. “The neuroses parody the virtues.”

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425. “I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.”

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426. “If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.”

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427. “Confess to the misdeeds you cannot hide.”

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428. “I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books.”

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429. “Many have attempted unnatural acts, but Nature has always shown the way.”

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430. “Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.”

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431. “Dirty old men, ignoring society, continue to follow nature.”

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432. “Beautiful people are forgiven more often than the rest.”

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433. “Only those in comfortable circumstances think love is the most important thing.”

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434. “You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.”

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435. “Age must give way to youth, no doubt. But not yet, not yet.”

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436. “Dieting is our last tie with asceticism.”

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437. “The eros of advertising is lurid but not specific.”

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438. “True wit has a grave intention.”

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439. “A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.”

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440. “Complainers detest each other.”

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441. “Once I find the right maxim to apply, I feel that I have done all that can be expected of me.”

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442. “Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.”

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443. “Great talkers do not stop for breath, and never look at the clock.”

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444. “Life is the risk we cannot refuse.”

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445. “The sentimental want to be thrilled by everything.”

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446. “The rich feel full of merit.”

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447. “Cheerfulness is a policy; happiness is a talent.”

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448. “Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.”

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449. “My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.”

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450. “A blunt statement can be as false as any other.”

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