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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My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.
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The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical concerns are raised regarding their use in the service of man - whether this be in entertainment, as 'pets,' for food, in research laboratories, or any of the other uses to which we subject them.
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My constituents include CU Buffs, ski bums, techies, artists, suburban soccer moms, and proud, hard-working Colorado families.
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A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died: Johnson said, it was the triumph of hope over experience.
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I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.
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Cambodia was not a mistake; it was a crime. The world is diminished by the experience.
