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 was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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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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Give the park police more ammo.
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I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to.
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Any natural, normal human being, when faced with any kind of loss, will go from shock all the way through acceptance.
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As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.
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I saw a very old man, literally eating his own human waste out of hunger. I went to the nearby hotel and asked them what was available. They had idli, which I bought and gave to the old man. Believe me, I had never seen a person eating so fast, ever. As he ate the food, his eyes were filled with tears. Those were the tears of happiness.
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Cambodia was not a mistake; it was a crime. The world is diminished by the experience.
