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He enjoyed talking to the press—candid, free spirited and cocky.

When I was a kid, people thought I was cocky, but I was just confident.

Jacob cockily admits that he expects—wants—the night to end in some kind of violent confrontation, it hardly matters with whom.

Where basic training stories like this usually involve a cocky or spoiled character learning a lesson about humbleness and teamwork, Cam is coming from a place of insecurity and fear.

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Cooper runs the full acting gauntlet - veering from vulnerable to furious, cocky to distraught.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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