Paul Shaffer Quotes
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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I can do whatever I want.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures because you have to man-haul it all out of your insides.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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Travel, of course, narrows the mind.
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A lot of people I've played with see me as a scorer and a shooter. I'm still fast and everything like that, but then, when they see me dunk, it's like 'Oh, damn.'
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I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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I think a good dollop of sadness is quite a useful thing in comedy sometimes. I think if everyone's happy all the time, it's a bit dull. It's like salt and caramel - you wouldn't imagine they would go well together, but they do.
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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
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Even as a kid, I never liked breakfast. I just don't like to eat then. I like to get up and work. I think sticking a whole bunch of carbohydrates in your stomach in the morning is probably the worst way to begin the day.
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Ironically, I wouldn't say I'm a massive horror fan. I love thrillers.
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Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law.
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The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.
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A good day is when no one shows up, and you don't have to go anywhere.
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I actually am very hands-off on my face. I like to use oil to take everything off, and then I cleanse after.
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I have career ADD, he says. I have career dissatisfaction. Even as a young kid, I'd have that. I'd get really passionate about something and then I'd realize, 'I don't want to do that!
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I prefer the new me a million times more over than the old one.
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It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was 14 or 15, I didn't deny it. I think the more imperfect you are, the more human you are.
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The greenish sky glows up in misty reds, The purple shadows turn to brick and stone,The dreams wear thin, men turn upon their beds, And hear the milk-cart jangle by alone.
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It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music.
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Writing never had the immediate gratification I was looking for.
