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“People ask me how come you've been around so long. Well, it's through playing the part of Mr Average Joe American.”

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Gary Cooper, an American film actor, was born on May 7, 1901, in Indiana, United States, and passed away on May 13, 1961. Known for his rugged man image in films, he won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. more

“It’s literally true, as Shakespeare said--all the world’s a stage. It wasn’t that way when I first got into the movies in 1924, but it is now. That’s why I find Hollywood newer and more exciting every day. Whatever you hear it’s still a place where a kid from Montana can jump on a horse, ride that-a-way, and keep right on going.”

World Way Firsts Said Stills Kids Stage Hollywood Exciting Horse Montana

Author:Gary Cooper

“Clothes have always had a wonderful influence on my physical well-being as well as my self-assurance. All I have to do to make me feel like a new and younger man is to order three new suits of clothes. My fur-lined overcoat gave me such a glow of health that very shortly after acquiring it I was able to enjoy the hazards of a Gargantuan studio cocktail party without a single twinge of pain.”

Men Feels Wells Self Able Pain Order Three Enjoy Party Wonderful Influence Clothes Studios Suits Well Being Assurance Fur Hazards Cocktails Self Assurance Cocktail Parties Overcoat

Book:It took nine tailors

Source: It took nine tailors

“To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous to think that any one of us can poke among the stalls for something to read overnight--and that this something may be the sum of a lifetime of sweat, tears, and genius that some poor, struggling, blessed fellow expended trying to teach us the truth.”

Thinking Trying Mind May Book Beautiful Poor Teach Struggle Tears Genius Fellows Blessed Lifetime Stores Sweat Miraculous Astonishing Provocative Poke

Author:Lionel Barrymore

“Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.”

People Funny Half Dying Hollywood Other Half

Author:Lionel Barrymore

“This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.”

Age Century Mass Appeals Misfortunes Sincerity Twentieth Century Insincerity

Author:Lionel Barrymore

“I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed.”

I Can Care Remember Actors Remember When

Author:Lionel Barrymore

“Maybe it'll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money than you can ever use? You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is it? As near as I can see, the only thing you can take with you is the love of your friends.”

Trying I Can Use Desperate More Money

Author:Lionel Barrymore

“Lincoln said, 'With malice toward none, with charity to all.' Nowadays they say, 'Think the way I do or I'll bomb the daylights outta you.'”

Thinking Way Said Charity Bombs Malice Daylight

Author:Lionel Barrymore

“Anybody can be fit. But you have to be patient. Give your body some time to adjust.”

Giving Body Fit Patient Your Body Be Patient

Author:Sean Faris

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