William Shenstone Quotes
Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.
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I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Spaces I love to do - the uglier the better - tend to be really old, dated basements - especially from the '60s to the '80s. I love those.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
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Death is the beginning of something.
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It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
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I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
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I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.
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Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!
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If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble appetites.
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To be clear and unequivocal, I can say that Islamisation is constitutionally banned in Hungary.
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I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.
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It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing. Of course, there are some people who are innately curious, forever little kids in their awe of life, but they're rare.
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The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked.
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If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
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I actually started working in Chicago while I was still a student; I did the Chicago premiere of 'The History Boys' at the end of my junior year. I had come to Chicago for Northwestern University. I didn't quite know about the theater community, and what I did know was mostly the improv.
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I am pleased with our offensive approach and our competitive at bats. If we play 27 outs we are going to give ourselves an opportunity.
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Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.
