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Quote by Mason Cooley

“Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.”

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Mason Cooley was an enigmatic writer and critic whose works spanned a wide range of subjects, including philosophy, literature, and everyday life. Known for his concise, profound, and humorous style, he was greatly admired by readers. more

“I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've done recently. I look at who is directing. Those two variables as well as a third, which is the content and the quality of the screenplay. I look at the arcs of the scenes and characters and relationships.”

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Author:William Baldwin

“Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.”

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Author:William Baldwin

“I could count my modeling jobs on my hands and toes. When I graduated from college, I moved to New York specifically to study acting, and I needed to pay the bills, and it's better to make a couple thousand dollars in one day than to wait tables six days a week.”

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“Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.”

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Author:William Baldwin

“I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.”

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Author:Branford Marsalis

“If youre going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If youre going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation thats based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, youre down to about 10 people or so.”

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Author:Branford Marsalis

“A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.”

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Author:Branford Marsalis

“Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life.”

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Author:Branford Marsalis

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