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If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

#details #gets #his #life #own

People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

#back #believe #better #cruelty #life

It was as simple as that - they met. As simple as only beautiful things can be beautiful, as only life-changing things, turning-point things, can be simple. ("For The Rest Of Her Life") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

#fate #life-changing #love #meeting #relationship

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#career #champion #could #deal #holmes

If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#could #don king #end #fighting #fights

When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#go #i #out #rang #thing

You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four stairs and into the ring. Then finally, you can't wait for the bell to ring. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#climb #comes #dressing #dressing room #finally

City people live the city. We live in L.A., New York, we live in places where it's chaotic and you never know what's gonna happen. And that's the music - you never know what's gonna happen. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#city #city people #gonna #happen #know

The future and eternity are two entirely different things. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#different things #entirely #eternity #future #things

Why be boring? Have some fun. Rock shows should be like movies: I don't go to a movie hoping it'll change my life. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#change #fun #go #hoping #i