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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he's a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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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.'
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Relatively, a very small percentage of betting takes place on hockey and even baseball because of the nature of the game and the scoring.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
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We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too.
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While the Forbes Council does offer some benefits and opportunities for members, the Council may want to be careful going forward to avoid the many pitfalls that befell Trump University.
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Unless they're superhuman, nobody's going to look perfect all the time.
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Second-generation Muslims who have lived all their lives in Europe are turning up among the suicide bombers and terrorists.
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Pretty is so boring now. There are so many different definitions of 'pretty.' It's so much broader than before. The old pretty is boring - nobody cares anymore.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.
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I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.
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Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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I think the Supreme Court has not yet caught up to an era in which one keeps one's papers in a cloud, not a castle.
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I have donated money to campaigns. And I have been known to take to the street in protest. But I am more committed to my immediate politics than general politics.
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If you look at the charts every year, there may be five or ten memorable songs from each year.
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
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I've always been of the party that rubbished the idea of a definitive account of somebody's life.
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Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.
