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Gerry Cooney Quotes

Long Island has a great boxing tradition.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: August 4, 1956

Topics

Great Tradition Long Boxing Island

I love touching. I always touch people.

Love People Touch Always Touching

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

Maynard James Keenan

History People Think Learn Neglected

In 'Seven Ancient Wonders,' Jack West and his team break someone out of Guantanamo Bay. I'm not going to preach to people and say, 'Guantanamo Bay, bad', but I will have my hero go and break somebody out of it, and maybe people will think about it that way.

Hero People Team Think Someone Bad

When you're making a TV drama, the showrunner is God, and so however onerous and difficult and consuming that responsibility is, you're being treated with respect, so it changes your whole outlook to the production. You're being asked about costumes, set design, music, every aspect of the show.

Music God Respect Responsibility You

That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.

Smokey Robinson

Music Quality Black Enjoy Listen

We unfortunately did foreclose on certain people in the military.

People Military Unfortunately Did

There was a period after my first solo album came out that about 50 per cent of my work was with symphonies and big bands. We did the Captain and Tennille as well, but it ended up being about 50-50.

Work Captain First Out Up Big

I was $4,000 short on my first payroll.

Short First Payroll

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

Now Two Lived Her Got Uncles

I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried.

Wife Friends Now First Close Friends

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

Me Opinion Stubborn Wrong Matter

I think of a book and a play, or a book and a movie, as two separate things - I don't think of it as my novel having a new life.

Life Book Think New Life Play New

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