Christopher Shays Quotes
But I would argue that a longer war it's more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
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In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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I don't like possessions.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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Less than 1 percent of American have served in 12 years of war, and serious public conversation about military policy is sorely lacking.
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What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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I'm very wary of fawning too much over heroes. There's an old adage that heroes are best kept at arm's length, and in a few instances in my life, that's been true.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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But I would argue that a longer war it's more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.
