Wilfrid Sheed Quotes

Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.

Wilfrid Sheed

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I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.

Karl Lagerfeld
- People
- School
- War
I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.

Macaulay Culkin
- People
- Good
- School
I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.

Ian Doescher
- Great
- Different
- School
Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he's a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.

Canelo Alvarez
I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.

Edmund White
- Good
- American
- Writer
I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'

Natasha Lyonne
- Want
- You
- Living