Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 20

• 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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• Street sign: Ho Hum Road & Easy Street In retirement, I look for days off from my days off.

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  Retirement, Days Off, Looks

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• Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.

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  Struggle, Taste, Enjoyment

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• Money: power at its most liquid.

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  Literature, Money Power, Liquid

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• Even alone we go on justifying ourselves.

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  Goes On

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• Alone, lonely people talk to themselves. In company, they often continue.

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  Lonely, People, Company

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• The beloved is the ultimate fetish.

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  Beloved, Fetish, Ultimate

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• The body has a mind of its own.

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  Mind, Body

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• The passion for money is never fickle.

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  Passion, Fickle

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• Self-reform is the only kind that works.

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  Self, Reform, Literature

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• Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

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  Literature, Consciousness, Reprieve

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• The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.

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  Real, Mirrors, Literature

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