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 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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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
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Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
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I don't know if I found soccer or if soccer found me. Especially because when I was younger, I was doing it, in a lot of ways, because I wanted the attention of my mom and dad.
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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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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.
