Mark Shriver Quotes
Every family struggles with different things, and everybody struggles with different things.
Quotes to Explore
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I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
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I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.
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I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
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People trash talk me.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
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God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become.
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At the end of the day, it's a very powerful voice when you're able to perform on any level on any stage and have the audience, have the attention of children. It's a gift. It's not to be taken lightly, and it can be used for good or for bad.
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There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do.
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I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.
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Every family struggles with different things, and everybody struggles with different things.
