A Quote by Mason Cooley

The theme of my autobiography could only be repetition.

Mason Cooley

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Autobiography Could Only Repetition Theme

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Mason Cooley
American - Writer
1927 - 2002

The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a theme.

Mike Svob

The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.

John Wooden

A writer's work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it.

Nina Bawden

A memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the entire life.

Richard Hell

I would love to do a Bond song, and I could have done a Bond song: I was offered a Bond theme, but I turned it down because I didn't like the song. But as it turned out, I was right anyway because the song was the only Bond theme that never became a hit, so I'm glad I wasn't associated with that!

Bonnie Tyler

Pick a theme for your material, and stick to it for the entirety of the piece. The repetition of certain key phrases, however irritating they may sound, will give your set rhythm, and the illusion of structure.

Ivo Graham

I found this really fantastic used record store in Japan, and I bought all these different records and different 45s, and one of the 45s was just, it had the theme, "Green Leaves of Summer," the theme to "The Alamo" on one side, and then on the flip side was a theme to, the theme to "The Magnificent Seven."

Quentin Tarantino

I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?

Akira Kurosawa

The plain truth is that the only consistent theme in advertising is the absence of any consistent theme.

Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

I thought it would be more interesting to make a musical autobiography than an actual autobiography.

Ian Brown

I'm sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it's your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will experience harmony and peace of mind.

Agatha Christie

Illusion - or rather appearance, semblance - is the theme of my life (could be theme of speech welcoming freshmen to the Academy). All that is, seems, and is visible to us because we perceive it by the reflected light of semblance. Nothing else is visible.

Gerhard Richter

The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning.

John Wooden

Repetition is not repetition, ... The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end

Pina Bausch

I love to read autobiographies. [What is your favorite autobiography?] the autobiography of Coach John Wooden. Everybody has a struggle so it's about seeing how they overcome it and be the best they can.

Meb Keflezighi

Romance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

Oscar Wilde

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