Roy Cohn famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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My scare value is high. My arena is controversy. My tough front is my biggest asset.
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I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves.
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Go after a man's weakness, and never, ever, threaten unless you're going to follow through, because if you don't, the next time you won't be taken seriously.
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I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.
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McCarthy generally, as an individual, was a liberal. He was, in economic philosophy and a lot of other things, extremely liberal.
-- Roy Cohn
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Transformations don't scare me: it thrills me to become the polar opposite.
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If youre going to be an entertainer, entertain thoroughly. If youre going to make a scary movie, scare people well.
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If your vision doesn't scare you, then both your vision and your God are too small.
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I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena.
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We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.
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I was scared, because I knew that in the political arena, you have to satisfy so many different types of people at once, and I wasn't sure that I could speak for everybody and be politically correct.
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There is no greater thing than standing victorious in the arena.
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Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
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Leadership demands that we make tough choices.
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And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive.
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