Charles Horton Cooley Quotes

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

Charles Horton Cooley

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LifeWayPointSurfacePenetrate

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts.

Maya Lin

SchoolGraduationThinkLearnYou

Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment.

Amy Jo Martin

WorkConfidenceBestPeopleOpinion

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about.

Michael Pollan

WritingPersonalYesLikeMuchVery

I like when an audience doesn't know what's going to happen to a character, and I like when I don't know. I'm learning, too - I don't get the script, like, until the last day.

Miriam Shor

LearningCharacterDayKnowAudience

I think George just nailed the whole thing, the whole time period, the whole look and feel of what that newsroom was like. I did a lot of research for the role and believe me, it's all pretty genuine, down to the very last cigarette butt.

David Strathairn

TimeMeResearchBelieveThinkLook

I think I'm a feminist, hopefully by example. I just feel it's important to do as much as I can as a woman, to the best of my ability.

Cornelia Parker

BestWomanThinkFeelI CanAbility

In the United States in the 20th century, every major event that America was going through, there was a boxer who seemed to symbolically represent it, from slavery to the Vietnam War to the Depression - all the way along, you just seemed to have boxers that carried the narrative.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

DepressionWarSlaveryAmericaYou

I'm aware me getting a role out of Chicago as a complete unknown is an insane anomaly, so I knew I'd have to get out here to L.A. as soon as the door opened.

Allison Tolman

MeDoorChicagoUnknownOutRole

In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?

Sebastian Junger

LifeInsultTheoryActSomething

I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper.

Ricky Martin

LiveMeNeedAnythingHonestFloor

Any good thing that happens to someone you love can only be good for you too.

Rhea Perlman

LoveGoodSomeoneYouOnlyHappens

Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.

Jane Smiley

ArtFashionInterestingMayRipe

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