Andrew Shaffer Quotes
The difficult part of writing about someone you don't admire is that it's easy to demonize them. What you get then is a cackling villain, twirling their mustache at every dastardly deed they commit.
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up playing golf, and if I were ever good enough to play professionally, I would get to travel the world while playing a sport I love.
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It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.
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I am putting every effort toward creating my works from morning till night on every single day.
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I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do!
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I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.
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Mountaineering is one of the most difficult sports - we are away from routine life for days, living in tents, and it requires high degree of physical and mental strength.
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My ultimate goal is whenever I go on the court, I just want to be known as one of the better players.
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Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.
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79: A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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When a Jew visits Jerusalem for the first time, it is not the first time; it is a homecoming.
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I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.
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The more you read, the better you are at writing, no matter what you're writing. A lot of songwriters miss that and don't see the connection there, and I've always felt like you're more able to communicate if you have a bigger toolbox to work with.
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I think I'm going to be around awhile.
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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
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The difficult part of writing about someone you don't admire is that it's easy to demonize them. What you get then is a cackling villain, twirling their mustache at every dastardly deed they commit.
