Karl Shapiro Quotes
The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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Things that happen in Wyoming are things that wouldn't happen in a big city - we've got bears, we've got a lot of shotguns - in Absaroka County, everybody's got a shotgun in the back of their car!
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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I don't consider myself a competition to anyone. There is ample space for everyone here. When there are directors who create characters for me, why should I feel bothered or insecure? When it comes to updating myself, I work very hard to relate to the emotions of characters I play.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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'Castle' isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'
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I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
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I love a good comedy, but the slapstick sitcom belly-laugh sort of comedy - the multicam thing - is not really where my interests lie. I'm very interested in single-cam, in intimate portraits. I like it when comedies have a little bit of realism and a little bit of darkness to them. It makes them more palatable and more relatable and grounded.
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Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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Simply put, our nation's economy will only go as far as our small businesses will take it.
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When I got the first e-mail suggesting we cast Zooey Deschanel in 'New Girl', I thought, 'That's exactly right.' In the pilot of 'Modern Family', when Cam is holding up the baby with the 'Lion King' theme, it was very clear we had something special.
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Human rights represent absolute and universal values. They should be protected by all means we have at our disposal.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.
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Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
