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James Fenimore Cooper Quotes

It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

James Fenimore Cooper

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 15, 1789 - September 14, 1851

Topics

Men Law Opinion Tyranny Vice Masses

There's show business, and the business is sometimes in capital letters. You just have to give it your best shot when up at bat.

Business Best You Sometimes Letters

If I see someone down, I'll try to give him a good laugh.

Good Laugh Someone Down Try See

I think too many people edit themselves way too soon. There's plenty of time to edit, and it is a crucial part of it all, too.

Time People Think Way Soon Edit

I try to represent specific experiences of specific characters, and that's all I want to try to do. I don't ever try to think about representing a culture, because its impossible, and someone will fault you. And it just doesn't interest me.

Culture Me Impossible Think Someone

Whenever I play a role, it's like I've been kidnapped inside my own body.

Body Play My Own Inside Own Role

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Way Fascism Number Victims Them

The most nerve-wracking experience is an oral presentation in class. And right under that would be doing 'Saturday Night Live' or 'David Letterman.' One of those shows.

Live Experience Night Saturday Doing

I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn't identify as that before I came here. People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.

People Me American Way Asian Here

Projects can take years to exhibit proof-of-concept and a few more years to be converted into commercial realities.

More Years Take Commercial Few

Celebrities can suffer a horrible loneliness even though they have millions of fans. I started doing meditations because I realized that a spiritual path was necessary.

Path Loneliness Spiritual Doing Fans

I'm going out to play, and to play to win.

Colin Kaepernick

Win Play Out Going

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group.

Feel Group Will Always Outsider

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