William Shawcross Quotes
Cambodia was not a mistake; it was a crime. The world is diminished by the experience.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
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I'll never forget one time a fan came up to me crying, and told me, 'You really inspire me to be me. I feel OK to be myself now.'
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
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Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions.
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I was in Barcelona working with Shakira, and it was an amazing experience. She's a great artist, and I learned a lot while working with her.
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One great flaw in the reforming passion is that in its eagerness to remedy social wrongs it tends to neglect, certainly to undervalue, the experience of those whose lives it wishes to improve.
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Even if you're just making a list of all the things you have to do, putting your pen to paper gets it out of your head. It puts you in this place of release.
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Cambodia was not a mistake; it was a crime. The world is diminished by the experience.
