William Devane Quotes
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Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I want a place where I can have horses.
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The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards.
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Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmopolitan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress. There is nothing else I would do rather than being an actor.
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Education - much like law or medicine - should be a profession governed by professionals. Unfortunately, too many policies, even those that are well-intentioned, come from the top, leaving out those closest to the classroom, who have the greatest insight into how to provide a high-quality education for all students.
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Honestly, at times, I still get bored. 'Dancing with the Stars' kept me busy, and that's what I like. When I first started fighting, I was working two jobs, and I was still going to school at the same time while training. I'm meant to be a busy person.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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Language does not make one an elite.
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Novels are longer than life.
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I'd been coming to New York for weekends since I was 17, and after 9/11, I started making these trips more frequently, just to make contact with the city.
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From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.
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Pop music should be about young people.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to document our history the history becomes twisted and we get written out. We get our noses blown off.
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Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.
