Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 39

• Boredom strives to detach, but finds itself stuck.

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  Boredom, Strive, Strife

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• Adrenalin dispels boredom. Run, you sufferers from ennui! Run for your lives!

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  Running, Boredom, Ennui

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• A yawn is more disconcerting than a contradiction.

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  Boredom, Contradiction

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• Boredom makes me sleepy or restless.

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  Boredom, Sleepy, Restless

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• Even in rapture, part of the mind watches.

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  Mind, Watches, Ecstasy

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• The chair as ideas fits only the bottom as idea.

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  Ideas, Fit, Chairs

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• Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.

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  Thinking, Decision, Important

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• As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father.

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  Children, Father, Childhood

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• Lovers' quarrels are not generally about money. Divorce cases generally are.

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  Money, Divorce, Lovers

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• Drunks do not have friends, but accomplices.

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  Friends, Drinking, Accomplices

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• The winner gives up his chance to be a good sport.

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  Sports, Giving Up, Winning

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• Every good time that goes on too long turns into a hell.

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  Time, Long, Gone

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• Skepticism does not preserve us from foolhardy deeds.

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  Doe, Deeds, Skepticism

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• The most reliable pleasure afforded by theater is the intermission.

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  Acting, Actors, Pleasure

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• Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.

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  Clothes, Historical, Body

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• Old age likes indecency. It's a sign of life.

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  Age, Likes, Signs Of Life

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• Dirty old men, ignoring society, continue to follow nature.

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  Nature, Dirty, Men

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• Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another.

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  Men, Age, Affection

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• As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay.

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  Trying, Age, Decay

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• Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.

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  Age, Lifetime, Old Age

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• In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.

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  Real, Rude, Feelings

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• Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily.

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  Family, Romance, Turns

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• The family is on its way out; couples go next; then no more keeping cats or parrots.

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  Family, Couple, Cat

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• When disaster waves, I try not to wave back.

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  Trying, Wave, Disaster

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• Thank God for the passing of the discomforts and vile cuisine of the age of chivalry!

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  Thank God, Age, Cuisine

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